Japanese debts

According to The Washington post,Greek's financial crisis seemed to spread across Europe.

The figure left shows public debt ratio to GDP.
The country in the news is third from the bottom while Japan is the last on the list.
Then why would'nt riot break out in Japan?

source：Work and Wealth For All
The problem will be solved when you watch the next chart. (billion US$)

The graph above indicates Japan is the worst debtor nation in the world,however,when you turn your eyes to the next figure you'll find it's the other way round. There are hidden assets and liabilities behind
public ones.Especially,indivisual assets are more than twice as much as public ones.
Some says that's because Japan have once had higher rates of savings than any other countries.Yet,according to the recent statistics,they tend to fall gradually.
The Japanese are apt to place too much emphasis on cash of all sorts of property that is called '' tansuchyokin''(deposit passbook).
I think although this could be interpreted in many ways ,in a sense they may not believe in the government at all.
For democracy it's very important for us to build up a relationship of a mutual trust between the people and the Govornment of the day.

Book Review '' Free '' C・Anderson

Chris Anderson is famous for his best seller , '' The Long Tail (2006) '' , however, he has published an experimental work '' Free (2009)''. Its originatity lies in a sales poliocy .He proved that his theory was right by practicing it.Amazingly,his book was open to the public free on the Website with a time limit before the relase.

The result was better than he had expected.His hardback became an instant best seller although anybody could read it on line for free .He could create something(money) out of nothing(free).

Shyuichi Katoh

Monsieur Katoh communique avec les esprit.

This is the subtitle of his documentary film that is currently showing.

You know , it is more than one year since he has passed away.

As he has expressed his view of life in his writing,he has been sort of relativist for a long time , however, one day he was transformed into a man of action and established '' Article 9 Association ''

It's a complete mystery to me why he changed his tune unexpectedly.

Yesterday,I attended a small talk that was give by Proffessor

Komori---he is also a chairman of the society.

According to his speech , the key to my question is to watching his movie. They will put it on the screen next Sunday,so I'm looking forward to it.

2-day ,1 night tour to Noboribetsu spa

I went on a short trip to famous hot-spring resort , Noboribetsu spa .
Although the Golden Week has just only started , there were a lot of people there.
Pictures above are Jigokudani ( Hell Valley) which was a volcano mouth made about 10,000 yeas ago.The hot water produced at JIGOKUDANI sent to Japanese inns (or Ryokan) and hotels. (from Noboribetsu Tourism Association Website)


Hot water came from the surface and every place was filled with smell of sulfer.(left)
Kumamanju(a bun with a bean-jam filling) is one of special suvenirs.(right)

We can enjyoy many kinds of spa scince Noboribetsu hot spring is notwothy for its variety of kind of water and abundant supply.

bullletin board that shows sorts of spring (the upper left) outdoor hot spring (the lower)

thermal geyser at Sengen Park:

Along with a loud booming sound , this geyser spouts water into the air every tree hours.

The blow lasts about 50 minutes ,and reaches a height of 8 meteres , the temperature of hotspring is approximately 80 degrees・・・・

We were lucky enough to see the precise scene.