August 03, 2004
Geisha and Anime
Japan's culture is known in two fields in San Francisco. One is Geisha. I have seen Geisha exhibition posters everywhere in the city. They are on street poles and body of buses. The other is Anime. Japantown is a mecca for anime. Indeed, walls of the Japanese-Western restaurant where we fellow students enjoyed supageti were covered with big anime posters.
San Francisco people seem to feel close to Japan. But they do so in the different way we expect. They may like Japan because Japan is the country of Geisha and anime, not because that of Mt. Fuji and cherry blossom. I’ve heard that Japanese government was struggling to attract foreign travelers. Then, why don’t they begin Geisha week and Otaku festival? The best way to attract people is to reach them with their interest.
By the way, I spent today for debagging the Web application with the CEO. Today was a hard day for me because I had no idea what I could do for the most of the time. I like to get the trick of team debagging soon.
In the evening, T came to my room. He will stay in San Francisco for two days to pitch products for his company. He told me about his exciting experience in the first day.
Posted by hfuruichi at August 3, 2004 08:21 PM