Not on a Table here Yet

 England and Wales's Commons voted in favour of Same Sex Marriage this week. France is also battling about the same issue in National Assembly.

 Here Japan, there is nothing about it, indeed. No argument at all. Actually Japan gets in a strange situation. When you turn TV on, you may notice a lot, actually a lot, of TV stars who are gays, trans-genders, drug-queens and every kinds of things amazingly. Then Tokyo Disney Land allows to hold a wedding ceremony despite the both gender is the same. However, on the contrary, a system of marrige is too old-fashioned and conservative and then still majority believes in the system. Whether you are right or left, it should be on a table for considering at least taht's healthy I reckon.

Worldwide Cost of Living Index 2013 List

 4th January, 2013, the Economist Intelligence Unit released an annual list of the most expensive cities for living "Worldwide Cost of Living Index 2013". This year's number one spot is taken by Tokyo where I'm living and my home Osaka takes number two spot. Tokyo regains its number one spot, actually in these 20 years only three cities seized the number one spot. Wow, Japan's cities get 1-2-finished. Thinking about Zurich, Switzerland, which last year's number one, the government controversially intervening its exchange makes its own civilian's living cheaper. At that point, the government has made good decision for the people and I think that's what a government should do, whether they'd been called "Western China" or not. On the contrary, Japanese government... Anyway, following is the top ten list and the opposite side, the least expensive, top ten cities.

The 10 Most Expensive Cities in the World

 1. Tokyo, Japan
 2. Osaka, Japan
 3. Sydney, Australia
 4. Oslo, Norway
 4. Melbourne, Australia
 6. Singapore
 7. Zurich, Switzerland
 8. Paris, France
 9. Caracas, Venezuela
10. Geneva, Switzerland


The 10 Least Expensive Cities in the World

 1. Karachi, Pakistan
 1. Mumbai, India
 3. Delhi, India
 4. Kathmandu, Nepal
 5. Algiers, Algeria
 5. Bucharest, Romania
 7. Colombo, Sri Lanka
 8. Panama City, Panama
 9. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
10. Tehran, Iran

the Economist Intelligence Unit WEB-Site : https://www.eiu.com/public/topical_report.aspx?campaignid=WCol2013

By A Canal

 This past week-end Tokyo had amazingly warm days like spring. Temperatures in daytime were over 15 degree Celsius that you didn't need down-jacket or coat. So, I headed to one of my favourite place especially with this tropical sea like blue sky and the sun with smile. A restaurant is by a canal river and serves beer which brewed at its compound with breads also baked at the same compound.

 Sunny Saturday afternoon, sitting in a chair by the water with beer on tap was just a heaven despite it's in massive concrete jungle Tokyo.