一番行きたいところについて

今、 私は とても きれいな まちだそうから、一番行きたいところは パリです。パリに 行く時、ガイドブックを 買います。 パリの中で、 おもしろい ところを さがすから。そして、 にもつとパスパートを持って行きます。その前に インターネットで ひこうきのきっぷを さがします。パリに 行った時、いい フレンチレストランで クロワッサンを 食べたいですけど、じさ ぼけが あって、さいしょの ホテルで 寝ようと思っています。あとで、ピサの斜塔を見るつもりです。

はまだ先生のレクチャー

はまだ先生のレクチャー on ごじらのえいが, was a unique perspective on a film that has pretty much been heard by everybody. One of her main points was the calamity of the dropping of the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki had consequences on the geopolitical landscape of japan which were represented by various pop culture trends (one of them being movies).

One of the most interesting things I learned was that in the American pop culture media, Japan was actually feminized. For instance, of the bomb victims, in many cases, such as that of the Hiroshima maidens, reconstructive surgery was offered to women almost exclusively. The concern of men, it seemed, were often subverted or dealt with in films characterizing them as strange monsters seeking women for the purpose of reproduction. In either representation (i.e. the one dealing with male concerns or the one dealing with female concerns), it seemed to me that the opposite gender's interest were subverted. This is pretty interesting because it seems that the issues of the bombing were almost dealt in a stratified sense in which the American focus was on the women victims and the Japanese focus was on the male victims,

All in all, I really valued being able to attend the lecture because I feel like I learned a lot even though it was only just short of an hour.

長崎と広島の爆撃

はまだ先生のレクチャーに 行けなかったので、 今日 としょかんの二回 ポスターを みに 行きました。 そして、 読んで、 あとで 長崎と広島の爆撃（ばくげき=bombing)は とても かなしかったと 思います。

After seeing the posters, and the pictures, the devastation that the bombs left in Nagasaki and Hiroshima were truly devastating. Its interesting comparing the information I received from these poster as compared to the history class in high school. All though my teachers did a very good job in teaching me the facts of the war, the emotional context was lost. In fact, seeing poster like this and reading viewing documentaries/reading autobiographies of survivors of the war (from all sides) is, I think, a very important part of the learning process for any historical event. Although they are not a consolidated look at a past event, they allow us to question some assumptions that other texts (generally those looking to capture a bigger picture of an event) are forced to make.

Another thing I was actually surprised about was with Notre Dame's involvement in the restoration effort. I think it was a very creditable pursuit for our school to follow.

ストレス

今週 カレア フエアが あった、 たくさん けいしゃについて 勉強したから じかんが  ありません。そして、 じうぎようを勉強できなかったから、 ストレスが あります。来週 テストが 二回 あるから、 勉強するのほうが いいですから、 うんどを 出きて、 ざねんですよ。

長崎のまちについて

The second nuclear bombing was performed by the US in order to cause Japan to surrender unconditionally and end the war in the Pacific. Nagasaki was the unfortunate target of this attack more so due to bad luck than actual planned intent (the original target had been kokura, but cloudiness over the city prevented clear targeting). While researching about Nagasaki, it was interesting for me to read about the different justifications of the bombings. In particular, one Japanese Historian (Tsuyoshi Hasegawa) points to the fact that the nuclear bombings in Japan were not necessary since the Japanese surrender was already imminent after the Soviet Union broke the neutrality pact and consequently invaded Manchuria and Korea. He argues that the true intent of the bombing was to showcase American militaristic might and to test the devastating power of the atomic bombs.


Fat Man, the nuclear bomb dropped on Nagasaki.

The aftermath of the explosion at Nagasaki