Katakana City

thomas · Sep 13, 2002, 06:42

New Yamanashi city to be named Minami-Arupusu

=> http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content...at=1&id=230040

moyashi · Sep 14, 2002, 00:45

Somebody is smoking dope.

Difinition of "city" needs to be re-examined ...
This new city is ripping off "Niseko" which isn't a city but 1 of 2 I've heard that there was another "non-city" down in Honshu (the main island) but I never could remember the name.

Most like this new city is aiming for a noteriety to boost tourist counts.

lolo ... give me a break.

thomas · Sep 14, 2002, 07:11

It took me a while to catch the meaning of "arupusu", hehe...

Olivia · Sep 14, 2002, 07:59

@ arupusu
hahaha!
that reminds me of this time when i was looking for a Mariah Carey CD in Japan. i had to look for it in katakana and i had a lot of trouble til i could find it, take a look: maraiya kyarii, all written in katakana... :P

miyuki · Sep 16, 2002, 13:14

南アルプス市 is only city named in katakana,newspaper said.

@ Mariah Carey ＝マライヤキャリー

moyashi · Sep 17, 2002, 00:45

There's a city in Saitama that's in hiragana.
And the not a city but a town or village in Hokkaido is Niseko.

hehe, but Minami Alps is cheating. It's not a true all katakana name ;) It uses a Kanji so boo-boo no go. Suskino in Sapporo is susuki in hiragana and no is in Kanji.

oh well, it's a good publicity ploy though.

Sep 13, 2002, 06:42	#1
thomas Decommissioned ex-admin Join Date: Mar 14, 2002 Posts: 4,209	Katakana City New Yamanashi city to be named Minami-Arupusu => http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content...at=1&id=230040 __________________ Remember what the dormouse said, feed your head, feed your head!

Sep 14, 2002, 00:45	#2
moyashi Regular Member Join Date: Apr 15, 2002 Location: SonyLand Age: 40 Posts: 1,566	Somebody is smoking dope. Difinition of "city" needs to be re-examined ... This new city is ripping off "Niseko" which isn't a city but 1 of 2 I've heard that there was another "non-city" down in Honshu (the main island) but I never could remember the name. Most like this new city is aiming for a noteriety to boost tourist counts. lolo ... give me a break. __________________ crazy gonna crazy

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Sep 14, 2002, 07:11	#3
thomas Decommissioned ex-admin Join Date: Mar 14, 2002 Posts: 4,209	It took me a while to catch the meaning of "arupusu", hehe...

Sep 14, 2002, 07:59	#4
Olivia Regular Member Join Date: Aug 17, 2002 Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil Posts: 126	@ arupusu hahaha! that reminds me of this time when i was looking for a Mariah Carey CD in Japan. i had to look for it in katakana and i had a lot of trouble til i could find it, take a look: maraiya kyarii, all written in katakana... :P

Sep 16, 2002, 13:14	#5
miyuki Regular Member Join Date: Jul 9, 2002 Location: japan Posts: 205	南アルプス市 is only city named in katakana,newspaper said. @ Mariah Carey ＝マライヤキャリー

Sep 17, 2002, 00:45	#6
moyashi Regular Member Join Date: Apr 15, 2002 Location: SonyLand Age: 40 Posts: 1,566	There's a city in Saitama that's in hiragana. And the not a city but a town or village in Hokkaido is Niseko. hehe, but Minami Alps is cheating. It's not a true all katakana name ;) It uses a Kanji so boo-boo no go. Suskino in Sapporo is susuki in hiragana and no is in Kanji. oh well, it's a good publicity ploy though.