Irish, European, しあわせ
interests: Japan⛩culture & language, film 🎥 , games🎮, computers 💻, books 📚
I try to post positive.
日本語をちょっと喋れる
#日本語 #learningJapanese
Kanji a bit of a hobby horse.
Inexpert in many things.
Pondering flaneur.
Idler.
Will post mainly in English, sometimes in Japanese.
Alt text of avatar: red bobo saru doll from Gifu Takayama Japan.
Alt text of header image: Close up of green lichen growing on the many layers of chipped red paint of a uk pillar box.
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I watched "The Importance of Being Oscar" a one man play written and performed by Micheál MacLiammóir.
Can't remember what prompted me.
Well worth a watch. Although the audio is a bit low.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6zbjYzf4K7o
Made in 2 x 50 min single takes on a fixed lens. Considering how cumbersome TV cameras were, and operated, moved and focused by a single person, I'm impressed by the camerawork.
Given the day I'll share the book I'm reading at the moment.
"Thirty Two Words for Field"
It shares a similar vibe to books famously romanticising the Japanese language.
https://share.libbyapp.com/title/10012935
The authors a bit eccentric. He made a documentary traveling Ireland only speaking Irish. He knew full well that except in Gaeltacht areas, the majority of Irish people can't speak Irish beyond a dim memory of their school Irish.
He does concede the unimportance of field names to an urban populace.
Flags can be problematic in parts of Ireland
Although I'm sure protocol of an Irish parade in Japan the Irish flag shouldn't be on the highest flagstaff in the center. On equal flagpoles the place of honour is on viewer's left (marching right) Japan in this case.
I refer the organizers to section 6 of The National Flag (substituting Japan for Ireland)
https://assets.gov.ie/static/documents/9d76c655/The_National_Flag_-_Guidelines_September_2025.pdf
I'm sure Japan has equivalent protocols
and again what's up with the US flag? at least it's not the Union Jack. (Union Flag, I know)
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Lá féile Pádraig shona daoibh! (can't remember if sona takes a séimhiu here)
I've just seen an Irish ai site translate Happy St. Patrick's Day as "Nollaig Shona" which means Happy Christmas. don't trust the ai's folks!
I like that our nationhood festival isn't a military thing and is celebrated around the world by people with no particular Irish connections. I'll forgive them the stupid hats and US ! flag.
Elizabeth 
