(Police 07) Are you in trouble? Just ask Doraemon for the help

First off, thank you all for your patience. I understand it's been a while since my last post (relatively speaking.) Sometimes things happen and subbing has to take a backseat for a bit. But I'm back and running again, so fear not all the fans.

This clip was difficult to translate in that I just couldn't make this guy, who appears towards the end of the clip, funny. Anyhow, at one instance he yells "If you don't understand Japanese, go ask Doraemon for some help" Well, this is not quite what he says in Japanese, but rather "You don't understand Japanese? Then eat Honyaku Kojac" I know it's a mouthful to even pronouce these words. "Honyaku" means to translate and "Kojac" is this jelly thingy that Japanese like to eat (me included)Please refer to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konjac
Ok, so this Honyaku Kojac is one of many magical tools Doraemon used to help his earthling friend/roommate in many episodes of this super famous Japanese cartoon called, well, "Doraemon."

Also, here's more about the famous HACHI KOU dog.
From wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%C5%8D

In 1924, Hachikō was brought to Tokyo by his owner, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo. During his owner's life Hachikō saw him off from the front door and greeted him at the end of the day at the nearby Shibuya Station. The pair continued their daily routine until May 1925, when Professor Ueno didn't return on the usual train one evening. The professor had suffered a stroke at the university that day. He died and never returned to the train station where his friend was waiting.

Hachikō was given away after his master's death, but he routinely escaped, showing up again and again at his old home. After time, Hachikō apparently realized that Professor Ueno no longer lived at the house. So he went to look for his master at the train station where he had accompanied him so many times before. Each day, Hachikō waited for Professor Ueno to return. And each day he didn't see his friend among the commuters at the station.

The permanent fixture at the train station that was Hachikō attracted the attention of other commuters. Many of the people who frequented the Shibuya train station had seen Hachikō and Professor Ueno together each day. They brought Hachikō treats and food to nourish him during his wait.

This continued for 10 years, with Hachikō appearing only in the evening time, precisely when the train was due at the station.

Here's a statue of Hachi Kou at the Shibuya Station in Japan.


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(Police 06) This is what I call a real service

When I was living in Japan way back when, there was no such thing as the "Self-Service" gas station. I guess the time has changed because I heard they're everywhere in Japan now. Such a shame.

Who wouldn't want to feel welcomed when you pull into the gas station and be greeted by at least 2 or 3 uniformed employees. They usually come running at your car. Cheerful(almost loud) employees, I might add.
One of them will pump the gas while another employee would wipe your windshield(and you don't have to tip them either!), and if there's one extra hand, he/she will clean out your ashtray. And I mean CLEAN as in dump out the cigarette butts, and wipe the inside of the astray clean.
But wait, what's the coolest part of going to the full-service gas station? It's to witness the gas station employee's ability to stop the "ever-so-congested" traffic flow in Japanese roadways. He/She can step out into the middle of the road, regardless of how many cars are whipping by, and signal you that it's safe to pull out into the roadway. How cool is that?

One side note. Yes the "Zet!" is back.
About him, see here;
http://shibatabread.blogspot.com/2009/04/perhaps-read-this-after-watching-clip.html

Enjoy

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Thank you, HOMELESSBRIAN !!

HOMELESSBRIAN was gracious enough to create the new DVD cover for the "Gaki no Tsukai - Hospital Series with English sub"

Check out the full size here:
http://bit.ly/DowntownHospitalDVD

Thank you again,

(Police 05) Bosozoku

I've roughly translated the word "Bosozoku" as "Speeding Gangs" in this clip.
This Bosozoku usually comes alive at night. It's a gang of usually kids (16 - 25 yo) riding recklessly around the city/town in their modified bikes or cars. Many of them would have modified exhaust pipe which creates trumpet-like sound. Nice.

Many of us have seen a movie like "Fast and the Furious" (or was it "fast and furious?) where they'd have these cool modified cars. Well, not every one's that fortunate.

Yep, this mod is perfect for scooping up some poop from the litter box.

Enjoy

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I'm not giving it up for nothing!

Hello all.
Thank you for your continuous support.

Anyway, here's my new account;
www.youtube.com/ShibataBreadLive

Spread the word!

New clip coming soon,

(Police 04) Kinpira Gobo Recipe

Ingredients:
*1/2 lb gobo (burdock root)
*1/4 lb carrot
*1 tbsp soysauce
*1 tbsp sugar
*1 1/2 tbsp mirin
*1/2 tbsp sake
*1 tsp sesame seeds
*2 tsps vegetable oil

Soak these gobo until they're nice and soft. I would say it could potentially take a day, I mean C'mon, they're roots after all. So plan ahead. If you wanted to eat this tonight, sorry, but go grab you some McChicken.

Once soft enough, shave the gobo skins and cut these suckers (as well as carrots) to your preferred shape. Shape of Shuriken would make a nice dinner conversational piece with your loved ones.

Using vegetable oil, fry these gobo strip suckers in a pan, throw in the carrots and seasonings (except the sesame seeds)and stir fry them like no tomorrow.

At your discretion, turn off the heat, sprinkle some sesame seeds and you're ready to chow with a bowl of rice and other stuff you could potentially have prepared while the gobos are being soaked in water.

Enjoy


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(Police 03) Let's review

"Shakure" means "big chin," or having an underbite.
That is all for today.
Enjoy


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(Police 02) Bark at the Sun

This TV show called "Taiyo Ni Hoero"(Bark at the Sun) told stories of each of 7 detectives throughout the season. Of course, there needed to be bad guys to have a story, but who cares about them, right? We wanted to know more about these good righteous detectives every week.

The Boss, that's depicted by Yutaro in this clip, never left the police station. He just gave orders every week. It was always 6 other detectives who did all the physical work. Speaking of physical, before Tom Cruise started to run in every single films he did, these 6 Japanese detectives were doing just that back in late 70's into the 80's. According to one mathematician, one of the detectives actually ran half the earths' circumference in one season

One side note, Please check back the (pt.1) I have replaced it with DVD version of it. And I took one of your suggestions to make every speakers color coded.


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