History of Sagrada Familia

Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia was listed World Heritage Sites in 1984 as works of Antoni Gaudi. Sagrada Fanilia is a church which is unfinished being built. It is in Barcelona. “Sagrada Familia” means “Holly Family” in Catalan. It was designed by Antoni Gaudi. Gaudi started building it in 1882, but he died in 1926, so other architects have tried to build since his death. They are scheduled to complete in 2026. Tourists pay 10 euro as admission and contribution.

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Goods of USJ

I’m going to tell about goods. There are thirty two stores in Universal Studios Japan, and there are many character goods in these stores, for example, Sesame Street, Peanuts, Hello Kitty, Spiderman, Pink Panther, E.T., and so on. Those character goods contain many kinds of souvenir like dolls, clothes, foods, accessories, and stationeries in these stores. Most of character goods are popular with visitors, and they are all cute or cool.
These goods save memories of the travel for visitors.
Source: Universal Studios Japan
Goods page
Wikipedia

My Three Favorite Movies

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Japanese animation movie

Released in 2006 Japan

Setting: at the present day, in Tokyo

Award: Animation of the Year prize at the thirtieth Japan Academy Prize（plus 16 other award）

Company: Mad House

Director: Mamoru Hosoda

Actor: Riisa Naka
Takuya Ishida
Mitsutaka Itakura and more

Book: Yasutaka Tsutsui wrote the original book of this movie in 1967.

Runtime: 98 minutes.

Source: Wikipedia

Recommendation: This is a SF movie. But heroin and other main characters are average high school students. This movie describes feelings of teenagers well. The scene which the heroin leaps through time is very exiting.


Kisarazu Cat’s Eye

Japanese comedy

Released in 2006 Japan

Setting: at the present day in Kisarazu in chiba

Company: TBS

Director: Fumiki Kaneko

Writer: Kankuro　Kudo

Actor: Junichi Okada
Sho Sakurai and more

Runtime: 132 minutes

Source: Wikipedia

Recommendation: This movie comes from TV drama series. All characters are very funny and their friendship is very beautiful.


The Terminal

American comedy

Released in 2004 United States

Setting: in 2004 JFK International Airport

Company:　DreamWorks Picture

Director: Steven Spielberg

Actor: Tom Hanks
Catherine Zeta-Jones and more

Runtime: 128 minutes

Source: Wikipedia

Recommendation: This movie bases on non-fiction story. The hero came to the U.S, but his patria was overthrown, so he could not use his passport and he could not go out the terminal. But he met friendly people and was helped by them. This is a comedy drama, but this is a romantic movie too.