Qoute from: http://tanutech.com/japan/newyear.html

"The Japanese celebrate the New Year in a big way. The official New
Year falls on January 1st, however, in actuality the season itself
runs from the 31st of December through the 3rd of January"

Do a search for Japanese new year and you'll find a lot of sites that
say what I said.

This page has some information on Japanese New Year's Eve if you want
to see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omisoka

As for Chiaki and Eglish. Many Japanese can understand a little
english and can write in english too. Chiaki said she was trying to
learn English a few years ago. She also said that since she was back
in Japan(right after Kill Bill) the desire for her to learn English
deminished because she didn't really need to learn it anymore.

Another thing I noticed is those type faces (not the proper term for
them but I'm not sure what to call them) like x0_0x (*^_^*) and (>_<)
on the myspace page are all made with a regular keyboard. Japanese
keyboards have different characters on them and so they can make
different faces. Check out Chiaki's Official diary and look for those
faces. If you notice, they look different and have different
characters than those on american keyboards.

Also, why doesn't the Myspace page say anything about her recent tv
appearances and commercials? Since "she" bothered to list the movies
and her older tv appearances it seems "she's" using the myspace for
promotional purposes. It'd make more sense for her to list more recent
things especially her tv appearances since tv shows are more important
than movies in the Japanese industry.


--- In chiaki_kuriyama_fandom@yahoogroups.com, "Tim McGaughy"
<tmcgaughy@...> wrote:
>
> She posted on her own website a good while back that she was trying to
> learn english. That information itself was one of only a couple of
> items on the webpage that itself was in english. So obviously she
> knows SOMEONE who can write english.
>
> I woulod be very surprised to learn that the traditional japanese new
> year is the same day as the traditional western new year.
>
> On 5/28/06, etymset <etymset@...> wrote:
> > I think it's fake. Even if she had "friends" helping her I don't think
> > the english would be THAT good and if you check it says it was created
> > on 12/31/05. If I remember correctly the New Year is an important
> > holiday for the Japanese so she would be more likely spending time
> > with her friends/family than making a MySpace. Even if it is fake
> > though it might get her some more fans?
> >
> >
> > --- In chiaki_kuriyama_fandom@yahoogroups.com, "Tim McGaughy"
> > <tmcgaughy@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Could someone perhaps look on her official site and see if it
mentions
> > > a new myspace profile? I tried, but can't read japanese.
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5/28/06, kborz2004 <kborz@> wrote:
> > > > I think it could be real...
> > > > what if, as written there, she got a friends to help her with
> > > > translation ?
> > > >
> > > > and it looking not very crappy, comparing to her official site ;-)
> > > >
> > > > --- In chiaki_kuriyama_fandom@yahoogroups.com, "musashi1612"
<musashi
> > > > 1612@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Ok, before everyone screams up of joy, I must warn you that this
> > > > thing
> > > > > is just a fake by a loser with no life pretending to be her
(not the
> > > >
> > > > > first time I see stuff like this, I've seen some idiot
pretending to
> > > >
> > > > > be Itou Misaki just one or two weeks ago).
> > > > >
> > > > > This is her supposed myspace blog
> > > > > http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.
> > > > > viewprofile&friendID=46227233
> > > > >
> > > > > Jeez! People!
> > > > >
> > > > > Kind of funny how people buy this crap, especially when you
consider
> > > >
> > > > > that... she doesn't speak English... Besides, how likely is
it that
> > > > > any actor or actress would make a really crappy looking free
blog
> > > > when
> > > > > they have their stuff on the professionally designed websites of
> > > > their
> > > > > agencies?
> > > > >
> > > > > People are so stupid at times.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > TOO MANY EMAILS HAS YOUR INBOX SWAMPED? If you selected the
default "individual emails" option when you first joined the Chiaki
Kuriyama Fandom Yahoo Group, the fast and furious traffic (as of
January 2004) could give your inbox nasty indigestion. I would
suggest changing that option to "No email" or "Daily digest" in the
EDIT YOUR MEMBERSHIP screen. It's at the upper right hand corner of
the CKF Group Homepage:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chiaki_kuriyama_fandom.
> >
> > There's also a new visual forum at
> > http://p205.ezboard.com/bthefandomzone
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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