Sanjin / Fujin / Kaijin by Masashi Takasuka

 Sanjin (やまのかみさま), Masashi Takasuka(高須賀 昌志)

 Fujin (かぜのかみさま), Masashi Takasuka(高須賀 昌志)

Kaijin (うみのかみさま), Masashi Takasuka(高須賀 昌志)

Tokyo Midtown, Minato, Tokyo

TOEIC

I took the TOEIC test last weekend. I also took the exam about three months ago. I will receive the results after   three weeks.

I studied English very hard for the past three months. So I'm hoping that my score is higher than last time. And I continue studying English.

Endurance makes you stronger.

Yandex

source: Yandex

Yandex, a Russian Internet Search Company has been listed on the Nasdaq. The company raised $1.3 billion from an IPO. For your information, Google raised 1.67 billion in 2004.

According to Yandex's prospects, in 2010, the company generated 64% of all search traffic in Russia. Google is about 22% (*1). And Yandex operate in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus.　The prospects also said their strengths the following.

Competitive StrengthsWe believe that we benefit from the following key strengths:
- we are the internet market leader in Russia by revenue, with the most popular search engine and most visited website
- we are at the forefront of search and information retrieval technology
- we deliver best-in-class user services
- we have a proven track record of monetization
- we attract and nurture world-class talent

In search company, it's important to boost searching share. Naturally, they think it. How does Yandex increase their share using IPO money? I'm interested in it.

Scope by Peter Zimmermann

Scope, Peter Zimmermann

Tokyo Midtown, Minato, Tokyo

The artwork is made of acrylic and epoxy resin. This artwork impressed me because it has transparent texture and I had never seen an artwork similar as this.

Yuhyuh by Yuumi Domoto

Yuhyuh(悠々), Yuumi Domoto(堂本 右美)

Tokyo Midtown, Minato, Tokyo

Diamond - Obelisk by JAHANGUIR

Diamond - Obelisk, JAHANGUIR

Tokyo Midtown, Minato, Tokyo

The artwork was designed by Jahanguir. When the light streams, this art is glittering and creates a beautiful reflection. It was very beautiful.

You can see more of Jahanguir's artwork on the following site.
http://jahanguir.com/

Fanatics by Tony Cragg

Fanatics, Tony Cragg

Tokyo Midtown, Minato, Tokyo

Look at this artwork very well. Can you find the artwork in hiding? It seems that the artwork has side faces. When I took a picture, I didn't know about side faces.

You can see more of his works the following the web site.
http://www.tony-cragg.com/

Fragment No.5 by Florian Claar

Fragment No.5, Florian Claar

Tokyo Midtown, Minato, Tokyo

In the middle of writing this post, I remembered that I introduced another work of Florian Claar in my blog previously. The title was "Movement No.3". Well, having numbered names was impressive.

Although you cannot determine the size of art work from this picture, this work is very big. It's about 11 meters wide.

Myomu by Kan Yasuda

Myomu, Kan Yasuda

Tokyo Midtown, Minato, Tokyo

This artwork was made by Kan Yasuda (安田 侃), too. It was named Myomu (妙夢) .

Ishinki by Kan Yasuda

Ishinki, Kan Yasuda

Tokyo Midtown, Minato, Tokyo

This artwork was named Ishinki (意心帰). It was designed by Kan Yasuda (安田 侃) using marble stone.

Whenever I see this piece of work, I can't explain why I feel a soothing sense of relief. By the way, the hole on it side is big that a child can go inside it. When I went to see this artwork, I saw a child playing inside it.

You can see more of Kan Yasuda artworks on the following site.
http://www.kan-yasuda.co.jp

Kiva

source : kiva.org

I made my 56th loans. I hope to succeed in their business.

BLOOM by Shirazeh Houshiary, Pip Horne

BLOOM, Shirazeh Houshiary,  Pip Horne

Tokyo Midtown, Minato, Tokyo, Japan

This work is pale blue you just can't see well in this picture. It seems it is illuminated. at nightfall.

source : Tokyo Midtown

You can see more of his work here.

Tokyo Midtown

I went to Tokyo Midtown to see public art. It's located in central Tokyo.

Tokyo Midtown is a giant-complex which has a hotel, office buildings, residences, shops, restaurants, and all of that.

The picture bellow is in shops and restaurants area called "GALLERIA". The building has a good light despite being closed.

I'd like to introduce more about public art at a later post.

go for a walk

I went for a walk along a river. It was very hot day, but it was nice feel a breeze.

Sharing

Recently, I’ve seen books about share at a bookstore recently. For instance, house sharing and car sharing.

I think the current concept of sharing needs add-value.

In the case of house sharing, we can imagine that it is only cheap but it is well decorated, good location, and connecting to others. Car-sharing also has add-value. It’s an eco-friendly.

These add-values have to fit with the times.

When I was child, my brother and I shared various things. Well, actually, it was just hand-me-down from my old brother. There wasn’t add-value, so I didn't like it.

wing tip

source : 世界の山ちゃん

Last week, my former co-worker and I had a got together. One of them booked the restaurant called 世界の山ちゃん, and it appears to have good reputation as selling tasty wing tip. The food was really satisfying.

Sony suffers massive data breach

Sony suffers massive data breach affecting 100 million of its PlayStation Network and Sony Entertainment Online customers.

The following URL includes major data breach case. Among them, the sony’s case is the largest.
http://www2.ttcn.ne.jp/honkawa/2795b.html

I think that many companies which have personal information will be a major challenge in cloud computing era.

kiva

source: kiva.org

I made two loans. It's always difficult to chose a borrower into a lot of them. 

half marathon

I go jogging about 2 times a week. I've been jogging for a year and usually jog 8 km a day.

I set a goal to jog 20 km. It's almost of same distance as half marathon. I tried to jog 20 km earlier this week, it was my first challenge to jog 20 km. I think the distance I jogged was quite far. I jogged with a very slow pace but I was able to finish it.

After jogging, my knee hurt a little. Two days after, the pain subsided. I wouldn't want the same things to happen, so next time I will try to jog step by step.

red dot award

source: red dot.org

My friend who is working at Nikon told me about  red-dot design award because some products have been awarded by it design 2011. Corporate announcement is here.

We can see stylish products on red-dot org web site.

By the way, the award was chosen  by thirty jurors. Two of the thirty were Japanese; Ken Okuyama and Katsutoshi Ishibashi.