Two short movies to illustrate the issue of space in Japan : the shock of building and the harmony of building...
(Nobuo Takahashi's animation Japan - National Geographic's documentary The Penguin House).

Japan - Nobuo Takahashi

Small House seems large

National Geographic

Today, during the Japanese class, while I was trying to make a sentence to answer to the teacher's question, I forgot the precious and meaningful grammatical particle に　(ni). One of my classmates, smartly noticing my mistake, suddenly interrupted my wrong sentence with a loud "Ni !". And of course, the two guys in the room who had ever seen the British Monthy Ponthy's terrific movie immediatly thought of the scaring Ni Knights. And it was hard not to laugh.

Finally, after seeing it again, our ETP expedition looks like the quest of the Monthy Python heroes who enter the Land of Ni, who meet the hostile and/but insane Ni Knights and who are totally lost in nonsense (they are absurd too, of course). Moreover, Ni stands for the first syllab of Nihon, the word for Japan in Japanese. And in Asia, we could also be taken for the ambassadors of christianity. So, for me, the metaphore is valid ! Let's bring them a shrubbery directly.

If you still don't understand what I am referring to, please have fun with the Knights of Ni !

Ni1_sacrée graal

Ni2_sacrée graal

Totally useless but awesome high-school-musical-style dance between Germany and France from the manga/anime Hetalia !!!
Congratulations to the maker, a crazy guy - I am so thanksful to you.

こちらはオレリさんです。
オレリさんもフランス人で、ETP についてブログの史記を書いて、日本が好きの人です。
目が美しいですからこのブログの名前A*eyesは本当にいい考えだったと思います。

Have a look at my ETP colleague Aurelie's blog, A*eyes (or the world seen through Aurelie's eyes). Of course, anyone who met the lady already knows that Aurelie's eyes, in true life, are especially beautiful green-grey eyes...

You should have a look just to get another point of you on our ETP adventure and on Japan in general. I also like the banner of the homepage, flashing like winks !

A* … like Anonymous and Adventurous.
*EYES … for whatever they want to possess remains available to all.
http://www.a-eyes.fr/

See you soon for more ETP fresh news !