Subject: [FFML] Re: General "Azabu Juuban" note Re: [Fanfic][Ranma/SM] Relatively Absent: Chapter 7 (part 2 of 2)
From: "Jourdan M. Bickham" <bikkamu@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: 1/30/2004, 9:56 AM
To: "Peter Ahlstrom" <ooklathemok@toriyamaworld.com>
CC: <ffml@anifics.com>







I liked it. Sometimes some things were rather technobabbly but
otherwise it was a good chapter. I really don't have much else to say.
One thing--

I will be staying at the Azabu City
Hotel for the next several days and it is vitally important that you
..."

Sailor Moon takes place in Minato-ku, like Ranma takes place in
Nerima-ku. "Azabu" means "district" and "Juuban" means "tenth" -- the
tenth district of Minato-ku. This area of Minato-ku (in the real world)
is rather upscale. You can see a brief outdoor shot of it in the extra
features portion of one of the Escaflowne DVDs.


Ok.. red light.
1. There is no Azabu City, Virginia
2. Azabu-Juuban is in Shibuya-ku.  I thought SM takes place in Azabu
(Shibuya-ku) not Minato-ku
3. Minato-ku upscale?  I suppose there is a neighborhood or two.  It's
mostly office buildings though... upscale tends to go to Azabu-Jujuban,
Hiroo, Meguro or Ebisu.
4. Azabu does not mean "district"  Your kanji are entirely wrong.  Azabu
means "canvas // hemp // hemp cloth // linen cloth " (from alc.co.jp).

So "Azabu City" is like saying "District City"...it doesn't make sense.

Regardless of the difference in meaning, you are right... Azabu City is
totally incorrect.  Azabu-Juuban is a district within Shibuya Ward, Tokyo
Metropolian.


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