The 紅白歌合戦 from “Hida Takayama”

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My cousin’s daughter will be on an NHK TV program on Dec 31st. She is a member of the Japanese young female idol group- “Berryz 工房”. Her name is “Yurina Kumai”. She has been in Japanese show biz almost 6 years. And the TV program’s name is “Kouhaku Uta Gatusen” which is the most famous music TV show in Japan.

Anyway, my uncle informed my mother about this by phone.

On Dec 31st the Japanese people have to prepare to welcome the New Year. All members of the family, apart from crabby people, always clean their home, cars, the Buddist altar and the Shinto miniature domestic shrine.

After the preparations are finished, people eat special cuisine on the last day of the year. And then the Japanese watch “Kouhaku Uta Gatusen”.

I am sorry: it is time I inserted “Hida Takayama, Hida Takayama” in my article. At times, I have to intentionally insert “Hida Takayama” in order to be picked up by search engines. I am using “Hida Takayama” as my key words for “Search Engine Optimization”.

By the way, I have recently had a chance to observe Japanese working class people. Probably, since I am writing this blog, I am not a member of the Japanese working class.

And this is my personal feeling about the Japanese working class, so I am sorry that it is mostly filled with my prejudice.

 The difference between the upper classes and lower classes is culture. People in lower classes are not sophisticated and are much closer to primitivism. And they are impolite. I think that they have not been given the educational experience of greetings by senior family members.

And they have a  more limited vocabulary about social issues than the upper classes. So, their topics are confined to the gossip of show business, the outcome of last night’s sports games and the stories of last night’s TV programs etc...

I think that they are not highly-educated people. And they themselves understand that they are not an important part of the social hierarchy, and they are not skillful in making money.

But I would like to emphasize that they don’t have strong willpower like the Japanese upper classes do.

They have drifted into the sea of this life in vain.

I am sorry: it is time to inserted “Hida Takayama, Hida Takayama, Hida Takayama”.

Yes, I too am the child of a peasant.

                                                                      P.S. The above logo is my office’s logo.