Free Fun in Tokyo

ATV’s team of Foreign reporters checks out fun and free activities in Tokyo:

Free Cycling – Every Sunday one can borrow a bicycle for free and ride around the Imperial Palace. Between 10AM and 3PM a major road is closed to automobile traffic, creating a nice cycling course (see above map).
Free Zen Meditation Experience – A free course at Choukou Temple in Shinjuku on the first Monday and 3rd Saturday of every month. (Be prepared to get smacked if you don’t take it seriously!)
Tama New Town – You can check out free exhibitions of ancient pottery at the Tokyo Metropolitan Buried Cultural Property Research Center. Visitors also have a chance to try Jomon Era cuisine.
Tokyo Fire Department Bosaikan – This disaster preparedness center lets visitors experience simulations of fires, strong winds, and smoky rooms.

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Juan

Ok, I’ll be the first to say that the brunette is hot. Who is she? I’m guessing she grew up in Japan to be able to speak that well. Does she normally do all the talking when this team of “foreign reporters” does a story? I must say they have really mastered the stereotypical talento over reaction to everything. To be fair on them though, if they didn’t behave like that I doubt they would still be on TV.

Ap

Yeah, she either studied it for years or (which is more likely) grew up in Japan.
She even uses the correct nuances for female speak.
nagoriyuki

She’s Sahel Rosa. According to Wikipedia, she was born in Iran, and lost all of her family in war then became an orphan when she was 4 years old. She came to Japan at the age of 8, and learned computer programming at college. She also graduated from a voice acting school, so her perfect Japanese is probably due to both growing up in Japan and professional education as a speaker.

Here’s her official website.(Japanese only)
http://sahel.mlacky.net/
Hamachiman

Her and Kiana Daniels are probably two of the hottest ‘tarento’ in Japan now.
Fat Tony

EVERY TIME a ‘foreign reporters’ segment appears on this blog some guy asks who Sahel Rosa is. Maybe Japanprobe should add THE BRUNETTE’S NAME IS SAHEL ROSA to his description of the post each time.

toro

Those electric bikes are cool! Can they be rented for a day?

Wouldn’t mind a segway too
MrM

Hi,

nice blog, found it today. I’ve a question: Got he slapped/smacked, because he felt asleep? I don’t understand japanese, so I dont know, what they are talking after that smack.

Greetings from Germany.

http://www.zdwonline.de Haf

I was at the disaster preparedness center myself a while ago, it’s quite fun and interesting.