First impressions of Sapporo was that it felt very much like Toronto. Weather-wise it was slightly chilly, but around the same temperature. The city itself was quite nice. The main Sapporo terminal felt similar to Union Station and it wasn’t as busy as Shinjuku Station. I think there was the right amount of people to give off the ‘big city’ feeling without feeling super crowded and claustrophobic. The shops right by the station were very nice and modern. I think…
Sorry for such a long delay in between entries! It just seemed like it was just yesterday when summer started. It hardly seems like it’s mid-September. Granted, we didn’t have much of a summer this year, but the time still flew quickly. This past week was by far the busiest week I’ve had all year. It has been non-stop since last weekend with TIFF starting, then Japanese classes, plus having my parents out of town. I was going back and…
So I decided to split my post into two parts, since I have a tendency to write essays when I blog (I apologize for my long entries). But here is the movie summary where I tried to account all the scenes that are worth mentioning. (I wish I could have tallied the amount of times Sho said ‘Yabee‘ in the movie, but I could only remember so much). +++++ Basically the movie is set in the futuristic city of Tokyoko….
(aka Yatterman Take 2) After months of waiting I finally had the chance to see this movie! I was pleasantly surprised that it exceeded my expectations. I thought I would be a little bias since Sho-kun is in it, but the movie itself was an explosion of colour and action that was very much representative of Miike. +++++ Backtrack to a month prior to the festival. I was a little annoyed by the lack of updates on the Fantasia site…
Paris was really my first taste of European culture. No matter how great it was in England, it didn’t quite count in that sense. Stepping foot in Paris was really an eye opener for me. +++ Getting back to where I left off – We got off the Eurostar at the Gare du Nord Station. I was actually a little surprise at how easy it was to travel on the Eurostar. I was expecting another line up at immigration, but…