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Nausica of the Valley of the Wind is one of the movies from Ghibli collections. Ghibli collections are the collections of movies that have been produced by Hayao Miyazaki. Ghibli collections include Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Laputa: Castle in the Sky, and so on. Nausica of the Valley of the Wind is one of my favorite movies of the Ghibli collections. The era of this story is set 1000 years after the end of the Industrial Revolution. By this time, the toxic jungle has covered the earth and has been threatening the survivors of the last human beings. Whenever people tried to burn the toxic jungle to survive, a herd giant insects attacked them. This story is a struggle between the last human beings and the nature. This is a great movie concerning the environment. Although this movie was produced in 1984, it is still great. I really like you to watch this!! The video below is a full movie, and this video is dubbed in English so you can watch this ^^


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The Southern All Stars is a very old band which is consisted of five members. This group was organized in 1975 when they were in university in Japan. Since then they have composed many great songs most of which became very popular and famous. "TSUNAMI" is one of the most popular songs of the Southern All Stars. This song was composed in 2000, and many Japanese people love it. There are many other great songs of the Southern All Stars. If you are interested in, please check them out in YouTube or so.

Renge is a name for small pink flowers that you can see in farms in spring in Japan. When I was a child, there was a large farm in front of my house. When spring came, this farm was filled with Renge and it turned pink. If you go to countryside in Japan, you will be able to see them. The sight of pink farms look very beautiful. But those Renge flowers are not in farms accidentally. Actually, when farmers are done harvesting, they scatter seeds of Renge in autumn. So, when spring comes, those Renge comes out. The reason for this is because Renge becomes good fertilizers for the soil. Actually, I just found out this fact today, so I was happy to know that ^^



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"Detective Conan" is one of the most popular anime series in Japan. It has been broadcasted on TV since 1996 as a famous anime series, and there are already 12 detective conan movies. Shinichi Kudo, a gifted 17-year-old high school detective who frequently works with the police, is attacked by two members of a mysterious crime syndicate while investigating a case of blackmail. He is forced to take a newly-developed drug that is supposed to kill him, but due to a rare side effect, the drug transformed his body into that of a seven-year-old instead. In order to hide his identity and investigate the whereabouts of the syndicate, called the Black Organization, he adopts the pseudonym Conan Edogawa. To search for leads to the syndicate, he moves in with his childhood friend and love interest Ran Mori whose father Kogoro Mori is a private investigator. He also enrolls into Teitan elementary school and forms the Junior Detective League with three elementary school friends. The video below is a trailer from detective conan movie #6. The language you will hear is probably Spanish but it can still give you an idea of what detective conan is like.



If you want to watch the movie, go to the Youtube and type "detective conan the movie 6." You will be able to watch it with English sub titled.

Cherry blossoms in the day time and at night look very different. Cherry blossoms at night look dreamlike and many people enjoy the night view. In many places, cherry blossoms are illuminated at night so they stand out beautifully.


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