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Love Tokyo

Tokyo is such a cool place to live. I had been wanting to live in abroad until I moved here. But I kind of fell in love with this city because of many reasons. Today, I read an article in News Week which was written by a French Journalist. He says the administrators of Tokyo or Japan are not good at appealing their city towards world.
That's why Osaka was defeated by Beijing to Host the 2008 Olympic. Cafe broom & bloom @ Musashi Koganei
Now Tokyo is bidding on hosting 2016 Olympic games with its rival Chicago, Madrid and Riode Janeiro. (Many people in Tokyo are not really interested in having the games, though.) The problem is not only our lack of appealing skills, but also the unpopularity of Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara by some countries such as France, China and Korea because of his controversial remarks in the past.


Vegetarian Sandwich set

Anyway, this French guy says it is a good sign to foreigners who live in Tokyo. The open secret which is shared by them is no longer come out. The secret is that Tokyo is the best place in the world!
(That's what he says, and I agree of cause : )

Fondant Chocolat & Cofee

(Japanese
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東京は住むのに良い街だと思います。
ここに引っ越してくる前は外国に住みたいなんて思ってたけど、 今は色んな理由で東京が大好きです。 今日、News Weekでフランス人ジャーナリストが書いたコラムを読みましたが、中で彼は日本や東京の役人は自分たちの街を世界に向けてアピールするのが下手だと言ってました。 故に2008年のオリンピック開催地の選抜で大阪が北京に負けてしまったんだと。今、東京は2016年のオリンピック開催に向けてシカゴ、マドリード、リ オデジャネイロと開催地の争奪に参加しています。(多くの東京に住んでいる人は、東京じゃなくていいと思っているようですが。) 問題は日本人のアピール下手と言う事だけじゃなく、石原慎太郎都知事の過去の問題発言による一部の国からの不人気と言うのもあると思います。 このフランス人記者が言うには、これは東京に住む外国人にとってはうれしいことで、なぜなら東京に住む多くの外国人が共有する公然の秘密をこれ以上知られずにすむからとの事です。 その秘密とは・・・東京は世界で最高の都市と言う事! (彼の意見です。私も賛成ですが^^。)

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~Chow Wo Man~ said…
Thanks for writing about Tokyo. I hope to visit someday. Love your pictures too.

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