It's news to us, but it turns out that Arno can sing the Willowbrook song in Japanese, too.
Showing posts with label Japanese language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japanese language. Show all posts
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Movie tickets
On Friday, which is movie night at our house, we are taking Lucinda and Arno to the movie theater at Roppongi Hills. This is quite rare for us because most American/English kids movies don't come to Tokyo at all or arrive weeks or months after we can rent it on Apple TV.
We're going to see Wall-E - six months or so after it opened in the US.
This is where it gets tricky. The easiest way to buy tickets is over the internet to choose your seats before the theater sells out, as it always does. But Toho Cinemas recently changed its website, and the explanation of which tickets (adult, child, discount, senior) are available at which prices is entirely in Japanese. I guessed at 4 tickets for 1500 yen each, which is probably the adult price; if not, we will have to sort it out on Friday night.
This is the email I received to confirm. Fortunately, I don't have to know Japanese to figure it out.
Kowal Jessica 様
￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣
このたびはご購入いただきまして誠にありがとうございます。
Thank you very much for your purchase.
■購入番号 Confirmation Number XXXX (TEL:080-XXXX-9785)
■映画館 Theater ＴＯＨＯシネマズ六本木ヒルズ TOHOCINEMAS ROPPONGI HILLS
■上映日 Date 2008/12/5 ■時間 Time 18:40～
■合計金額 Total Price \6,000 ■座席番号 Seat Number I-24 I-25 I-26 I-27
■映画名称 Movie （字）ＷＡＬＬ・Ｅ／ウォーリー WALLE/ENGLISH
※チケット発券時には、上記の電話番号と購入番号の入力が必要となります。
*You need the above phone number and the confirmation number
when you pick up your ticket(s) at the vit ticketing machines.
We're going to see Wall-E - six months or so after it opened in the US.
This is where it gets tricky. The easiest way to buy tickets is over the internet to choose your seats before the theater sells out, as it always does. But Toho Cinemas recently changed its website, and the explanation of which tickets (adult, child, discount, senior) are available at which prices is entirely in Japanese. I guessed at 4 tickets for 1500 yen each, which is probably the adult price; if not, we will have to sort it out on Friday night.
This is the email I received to confirm. Fortunately, I don't have to know Japanese to figure it out.
Kowal Jessica 様
￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣
このたびはご購入いただきまして誠にありがとうございます。
Thank you very much for your purchase.
■購入番号 Confirmation Number XXXX (TEL:080-XXXX-9785)
■映画館 Theater ＴＯＨＯシネマズ六本木ヒルズ TOHOCINEMAS ROPPONGI HILLS
■上映日 Date 2008/12/5 ■時間 Time 18:40～
■合計金額 Total Price \6,000 ■座席番号 Seat Number I-24 I-25 I-26 I-27
■映画名称 Movie （字）ＷＡＬＬ・Ｅ／ウォーリー WALLE/ENGLISH
※チケット発券時には、上記の電話番号と購入番号の入力が必要となります。
*You need the above phone number and the confirmation number
when you pick up your ticket(s) at the vit ticketing machines.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Japanese lessons?
A friend asked if/when I'll take Japanese lessons. Answer: Once the kids are reliably in school for full days and once I've gotten a handle on household stuff. Which is to say, in the next month or so.
Blaine took several weeks of lessons in Seattle, but I bailed out after one week because studying soaked up too much time before the move. So for now, I can say exactly three things:
"Ohayo gozaimashita." This is "good morning," said politely... But I just realized, as I checked the spelling, that it is not a generic "hello" - and I've been using it all day! Embarrassing. Must switch to "konnichiwa."
"Arigato gozaimashita" This is "thank you", said politely, but sometimes I screw up and say "ohayo."
And "sumimasen", which is "I'm sorry" or "excuse me" and which I use constantly, like when the stroller bumps into someone's foot.
I can also say "My name is Jessica" ("Watashi no namae wa Jessica desu"), but I don't know any Japanese people to introduce myself to! Maybe someday that will come in handy.
Blaine took several weeks of lessons in Seattle, but I bailed out after one week because studying soaked up too much time before the move. So for now, I can say exactly three things:
"Ohayo gozaimashita." This is "good morning," said politely... But I just realized, as I checked the spelling, that it is not a generic "hello" - and I've been using it all day! Embarrassing. Must switch to "konnichiwa."
"Arigato gozaimashita" This is "thank you", said politely, but sometimes I screw up and say "ohayo."
And "sumimasen", which is "I'm sorry" or "excuse me" and which I use constantly, like when the stroller bumps into someone's foot.
I can also say "My name is Jessica" ("Watashi no namae wa Jessica desu"), but I don't know any Japanese people to introduce myself to! Maybe someday that will come in handy.
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