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Questionable Exhibit in Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall

John Rabe was a German Businessman (Siemens),  living in Nanjing during the Japanese Massacre  (was also a member of the Nazi Party)

I will not write about his admirable efforts to create a Safety Zone as protection from the Japanese Army, as you can read it anywhere else.

For some strange reason, the Curator of the Nanjing Massacre Hall decided to add the following to the Exhibition:

Hitler Nanjing Massacre

Apparently, a document from Adolf Hitler to John Rabe is proving his good nature and deeds. Yes, same Adolf Hitler that planned the mass murders of 6,000,000 Jews! The same Adolf Hitler who started second World War which resulted in death of more than 70,000,000.

I have no idea what was the Curator thinking when he decided to use this, but I am planning to find out.

Will report here if  I will get an official response from the Museum to the letter I will send tomorrow.

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Japanese Companies/Brands in China

During my (short) trip I have noticed that there is noticeable presence of Japanese companies in China:

Kirin and Suntory in an Airport vending machine:

Kirin Suntory China

Hitachi ad in the Airport bus:

Hitachi Ad China

Shibuya 109 (Sorry for quality, taken while in Taxi):

Shibuya 109 China

Sharp :

Sharp Nanjing

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The Long Way to Nanjing

No, I didn’t walk to Nanjing, I flew… but it took a while:

Since there aren’t daily flights from Narita (Tokyo) to Nanjing, I had to connect in Shanghai.

Air China service is reasonable, but the meal… less than reasonable:

Air China Meal

The connection involved going through immigration, getting my luggage and then take a bus to another terminal (told you it was long). The good part was the small Embraer plane:

Shanghai to Nanjing Plane

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Blog Focus Change

Decided to write more about my life in Japan, travel, food, friends; once in a while will continue to write about Technology, but definitely will not be the focus.

I have many things I want to write, but I don’t feel like starting another Blog (too lazy to maintain).

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First Visit to Mainland China

Seems almost impossible, but today I will start my first trip to Mainland China. Have previously been to Hong Kong (twice) and Macao (once), but I am sure this is going to be a different experience.

My trip is to Nanjing (Nankin), in Chinese Characters it is 南京　, which means the southern Capital, which it was in the past. Since there are no daily direct flights to Nanjing, I’d have to connect through Shanghai (on my way) and Beijing (coming back), which makes the trip very long.

My twitter account (@telyas) is the best way to follow my updates and quick pictures I am taking with the blackberry, but I will do my best to update this Blog as well.

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Shibuya Crossing from Bing.com

Bing.com added  new map services, which has great “3D” photos (not just the flat satellite map). Finding it very useful, as sometimes Google’s Street View is too restrictive as taken from the street level.

As an example, see below Shibuya Crossings in Tokyo:

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UQ WiMAX Marketing(?)

Yet another awful commercial from UQ WiMAX has arrived. This time, they outdid themselves, by using a cat which has a very successful Youtube channel.

See below UQ WiMAX Commercial, asking if the cat will manage to go into the box, then asking if your Laptop has WiMAX. (Did I mention this commercial is BAD?)

And a sample cat video from mugumogu channel:

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Docomo Android Commercial (HT-03A)

Can’t say NTT Docomo are doing a good job promoting the Android Phone, but at least they have a nice commercial.

Japanese comedian Gekidan Hitori demonstrates how easy it is to find information for a girlfriend who wants to go out to eat.