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Hi Everyone,
I took a subway the other day during the busy hours.
It was crowded.
Usually, the trains between 7 and 9 AM are the most crowded, and that is one of a few things I don’t like Tokyo about.
I spent my high school days in Hiroshima where I took a 7am train every day. It was crowded, but not comparable to Tokyo.
Also, the number of trains are so few. In Tokyo, it comes every 2 to 5 minutes.
I was thinking….
Many Japanese take it for granted that they have no choice but to commute on crowded trains. Is it so?
There are plenty of choices you can make in life. Move to the countryside, move to another country, quit a company and establish own business….
It is the beauty that Japanese work so diligently for e.g. 35 years until they retire. It was not unusual that people work for one company for a lifetime. And this type of people contributed to the growth of the Japanese economy. In return, a company provides lifetime stability.
At the time, maybe till recently, people ’s mindset is that they should work for the same company and they have no other choice. The same mentality as they need to take a crowded train every day.
One of my colleague’s favorite story is a frog in warm water.
Not so hot, a little warmer than usual, a frog doesn’t recognize it and stays. The frog stays there long and eventually dies….
My colleague quit the company for a new career path.
Maybe many Japanese are like frogs in warm water. It is hard to recognize a difference, but if you stay long, you will be another ‘you.’
My thought when I took a morning bath, LOL
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I am checking which Japan foundation is good, and try to write a blog about it. My knowledge is so little that I need time…
Albion, RMK, Decorte, Shiseido, THREE, SUQQU…
Thank you for reading!
Toshiya
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Hi Everyone,
We had a parade yesterday for the new Emperor and Empress.
The parade was scheduled a month ago but the big typhoon damaged Japan so badly that it was postponed.
The Emperor is a symbol of Japan, and he has no political influence. He tries to be with people as much as possible so that Japanese people like the Emperor very much. The Empress was a diplomat educated at Tokyo University and Harvard, and am playing a role to be friends with foreign countries. The parade was watched by 27% of the nation.
About brushes,
Today, I want to talk about the ordering process for Takeda.
Takeda is a Kumano brush maker and made Nadeshiko brushes to celebrate the World Cup win by Japanese women soccer.
Takada, for me, works like Hakuhodo. I buy a brush at Shinjuku Takashimaya at retail price + 10% tax. So I charge 20% in addition to a price excluding tax in the same way as Hakuhodo.
The difference is that I exchange information with Takeda President to specify a client requirement so a brush can be almost order- made.
A handle color can be chosen. Handle wood can also be chosen between a usual one and maple. Hair shape can be requested – its length, width etc by presenting pictures sent by a client, which I send to Takeda. It is not exact-made as OEM that has a test product to start with. But it is unique that you can request a brush you like, by utilizing what Takeda has.
The downside is that it takes 2 to 3 weeks and I would ask you to accept a completed product though it might not be exactly the same as you want. Takeda tries best to make a brush you like, but it is made only with the resources they have. They send me pictures and you can check them before finalizing your order.
Takeda is flexible with client requests, which makes a difference from other brush makers.
If you are interested, please let me know)
Thank you for reading,
Toshiya
Fude Japan (Makeup brushes from Japan) 