Nov. 15. 2001update: corrected english sentence.

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Welcome to MeGuMa's Special homepage!

Dear Miss Merle Doebler and Everyone of PNINKRET .

I like to Introduce OSAKA and our company.
Please, See to it ,if you are interested.

Probably....
Downlord might be slow because here are many photographs.

I will be very happy if you enjoy this homepage.
See to it whenever you are free.

Introduction of Our town [Ue-Hon Machi].
As for Ue-Hon-Machi, there has been a company which a smoll books maker since old days.
There are naow a day not many bookstores.（＾＾ゞ

By the way!
Our office is near Osaka Castle.

This is a view from the our office.[For the north]

A castle can be seen behind the building.
It was constructed 500 years ago.
But was destroyed by fire 100 years ago.
This castle was built again 100 years ago.
It was left alive by the world war2.

A big black building is insurance company.
Right white twin tower is the building of [MATSU SHITA=Japanese name] Panasonic .


This is nightview. castle is lighted up!



Next. these are the view from our building roof.
for the West [for the osaka bay]





for The south.[for the Wakayama Prefecture. about 60Km far.]


for the East.[for the Tokyo Metropolis. about 500Km far]





for the North West[for the Natinal TV[NHK] station. it is toll buillding]

Our town' s [UE-HON-MACHI]HISTRY & Comparison.

Osaka city was completely destroyed by the ww2 air bombing.
It was safe with the American policy only around Osaka castle.

KYOTO, which is famous for the sightseeing was left safely with the same policy, too.
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Therefore, an old town before the ww2 was left in this town.
Only this town was left safely in Osaka.

A town like a maze is left even now.
It is the residence town where it crowded very much.

When it is Germany, it is a town like Bremen.

Ue-Hon Machi is located in the center of Osaka City.

This is the map of the Japanese islands.
Osaka is a little on the central left of the map.

Can you see the biggest lake in the center of the map?
Osaka is on the bottom left of this lake[BIWAKO LAKE].
Osaka City faces a bay.

The country area of Japan and Germany is about the same.
Mountains district is 85% in Japan.
I am told mountains district is about 15% in Germany.
Germany of the level ground is overwhelmingly larger than Japan.

130,000,000 people live in this small JAPAN Island.
Can you understand that population density is high?
The land which a person can live in is very expensive.

The center of this map is Osaka.
The mark of the black cross. it's a Osaka City!

There is Kyoto in the lake and the middle of Osaka.
The character being written in the map is a Japanese KANJI word.
It is terribly difficult!

Our office Building
[No3. Matsuya Building. our room No.1055]

It is an our office that a window is open in the second floor from the top.
This building is an very old building.
But view is very good!

This is my car.
Maker is Mitsubishi Motor's Campany.
Car's name is [Shario Grandis V6 GDI] =(japanese name)
Germany's name is [Space Runner GDI].

The same car before was seen in Germany.
But, It was different though it was the same car.

As for the Japanese specification, Car Navigation System[GPS] is standard equipment.
There is a liquid crystal screen which indicates the map which guides it to the destination.

Introduce it in detail if it is interested.

It is being used for going to work and the business..

Introduce our town's old-fashioned streets.

There are many stores which sell Japanese shape.







woman in the right is being exhibited in the Japanese old style racket of it's reverse flat side.
We said [HAGO-ITA].

It looks like badminton.
It is expensive, Therefor is no real usage.
Just for artificial goods.

Spread silkcloth and Cotton in the tree board, and make it.

They are famous dolls displayed for the Girls' Festival
Every year on March 3 in JAPAN to selebrate girls.

Parents hope.their daughter may find a good husband.

The right is a princess(herself). The left is a prince.(A wonderful man)
It is three servants they are in one step below.

It is an old house .
80 years will have passed.
Ofcouse. It doesn't know who lives.



This is the house of the Japanese style, too.




A thin alley is kept till now.



There are many slopes.
Of course a car can't pass.
It is the way of the old age when there was no car.


Slope,,,,




It is a sidewalk.





Old shopping street
An old shopping street is left, too.



Slope.....



There is only width that a person walks.



There are many stairs, and it is inconvenient to the old man.



It is the wall of the wood plate.




Address indication board.
3little characters (chainese lettersare) [Chu ou-ku].3KANJI words.
8big character is [Ue hon machi-nishi 1chou me 3]. 7KANJI words
Vertical writing, lateral writing, which can be written in both may inJapanese KANJI words.
This is vertical writing.







The tree which Holy Ghost resides.
therefore nobody daredare to cut,

It is finished here today.
If you like it, I want to continue it.
Thank you for seeing it.


I want to try to introduce Japanese culture
and habit, a beautiful scene.

Request it, please!


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