tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post3109087743621950293..comments2024-03-14T20:55:21.709+09:00Comments on Janne In Osaka: Ghost TownsJan Morenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-70440343395534979292011-09-15T11:59:43.149+09:002011-09-15T11:59:43.149+09:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-59913184527134914642011-09-11T17:31:27.403+09:002011-09-11T17:31:27.403+09:00Yes, I used the Mainichi translation here; I didn&...Yes, I used the Mainichi translation here; I didn't think it was 100% either but figured that if a paper uses it it's not too bad. <br /><br />And in a way, 死の街 is more apt than ghost town. "Ghost town" after all merely implies an abandoned community — Gunkajima is a ghost town simply from running out of coal, to take a famous example — while 死の街 captures the damage and the real, serious and continuing health risks that occasioned the abandonment in the first place.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-18827098643226443192011-09-11T17:05:35.163+09:002011-09-11T17:05:35.163+09:00I don't disagree with any of the overall persp...I don't disagree with any of the overall perspectives on how silly this is, 死のまち isn't exactly "ghost town" in terms of nuance. First, Japan already has "ゴーストタウン" which would have been much more appropriate (although probably still silliness would have ensued). I guess 死のまち implies a nuance closer to "if you go there you are likely to die" ie the towns are terminally afflicted by a pervasive, perhaps mysterious aura of death. A town you could probably set a horror movie if that way inclined.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-49345275882025506982011-09-10T22:26:04.174+09:002011-09-10T22:26:04.174+09:00Hachiro Yoshio resigned. I can't believe it......Hachiro Yoshio resigned. I can't believe it... why does he have to resign?sekihttp://twitter.com/seki/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-54840772109297009442011-09-10T21:09:35.989+09:002011-09-10T21:09:35.989+09:00Ourmani, I agree completely.Ourmani, I agree completely.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-62708896216946811982011-09-10T18:32:47.683+09:002011-09-10T18:32:47.683+09:00"The moment you become someone others are afr..."The moment you become someone others are afraid to communicate bad news to, you are lost." <br /><br />Alain de Botton <br /><br />By this definition, the Japan that is allowed to be addressed in public has been lost for sometime.Our Man in Abikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915661033105808209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-62031404497076974612011-09-10T18:23:40.724+09:002011-09-10T18:23:40.724+09:00Great. I completely agree with you.Great. I completely agree with you.Shujinoreply@blogger.com