fmSAL Tokyo Radio 2

fmSAL tokyo Radio 第２回目放送です。今回はゲストもいます！

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fmSAL Tokyo Radio 1

おっしゃばちこい。　fmSAL Tokyo episode 2の予告ラジオ１です。よろしくです。

さてと so...

最近のいろんな忙しさの上、なんとfmSAL Tokyoは新しい企画を始めたいと思っています。ええ、fmSAL Tokyo　はみなさまに　面白いお話を送ります、ラジオ式で。長期ゲスト／助っ人を呼びエピソード２へのちょっとした予告と考えてもらえばよろしいかと思います。そのラジオをちょっと待ってください。さんくす。

japanese university circles/clubs 日本の大学サークル

Japanese schools from junior high to uni tend to have after school activities called bukatsu 部活 - clubs.
In Universities, they can be called circles - サークル or clubs.  The difference between these two are circles tend to have more freedom in them. When you go into Uni you may not have the same schedules as everyone, so within the circle you may choose the fitting time amongst your selves. With clubs, Teachers tend to be associated within the group, so it may be more strict in the timing and attendance.
furthermore clubs tend to have more members e.g football club - サッカー部
unlike circles such as film research group　映画研究会
However, in my opinion, there isn't too much difference in them. I see it as a two different way of calling a group name.
Around the time when Uni gets going, the circles and clubs look for new members especially the first years to join the clubs because, one to keep it going and two to increase popularity and three of course, to make more friends and have more fun. They tend to go around the campus to find a place that most student will be found and yell out if anyone would like to join the circles.

日本のサークルと部活の違いは、サークルにはもっと自由感があるとみられます。時間が成り立たないとき、授業の時間が他の人と違う時、どうしてもちゃんとした時間にはいけない時にサークルが一番なのです。自分たちで時間の予定を決められるとの事です。部活には担任の教師がつく事が多いため、時間と予定には厳しいのです。
サッカー部とか野球部は人数は多い、そして週に５／６／７日間はやっている。
サークルは週に１回２回のところもあるし、ある週に５回とか他の週は２回とか適当なところもあります。しかも人数が少ないところも多い。
春になるとサークルは新入生を求め、人からめだつところ、大人数の学生がいるところに行き入部者を求めます。

human punch bag/殴られ屋

なんと、新宿で殴られ屋発見！　アニメでは見たことありますが、実際現実であったとは伸二君はびっくり。ビデオをご覧になってください。

In shinjuku, human punch bag, where you can beat people up for money, was found in middle of the street.
watch the video for details.
Each person gets a minute  to beat the human punch bag as much as he wants, for the price of 1000yen.

hanami, sakura and spring

Lately in japan, spring has already came with blossoming of sakura (桜） - cherry blossoms. In japan, the tradition of hanami (flower viewing花見) has been kept since the nara period of years 710-794. What they basically do is, when you notice the sakura is out and blossoming, everyone would go to places like ueno kouen (ueno park) and find a place to sit, where you can view the sakura well and bring some food and munch in.

like this picture taken at kita area, near ouji station

and amazing! the entire river at takinogawa was covered with cherry blossoms! beautiful

lets talk about sky tree

Sky tree also known as the new tokyo tower, is the new broadcasting center of japan. It basically replaces tokyo towers job, but better signal and the inputting of the new digital television usage in japan, where all analogue TV becomes useless. (so plasma TV, LCD is needed). Although the construction not yet finished, many people tours over to sumida-ku (墨田区）which is the area of where the sky tree is. A good sight viewing for sky tree is at the Oshiage station, you can easily walk it from there. the hight is 634 meters- 2080ft. Once finished at december 2011, it will become the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world.

It will be opened publicly spring 2012, where you can go in and view tokyo and japan, while eating inside the restaurant as there will be, indeed restaurants in there.