Supermarket vs Convenience Store

Which do you often go to supermarket or convenience store? If you live your parents’ home, you may go to convenience store more often than supermarket. On the other hand, if you live by yourself, you may often go to supermarket. I also often go to supermarket to buy material to cook. Generally, people use each shop with their purpose because the two shops have good points. Actually, there is a supermarket near by a convenience store around HJU, but each shop has special roles for buyers needs. I’ll talk good points of them for our life, our health and the environment. Then, I’ll judge which is better by comparing whole aspect of them.

1. Which is better for our life?
One of the biggest differences is that there are more processed foods at the convenience stores than super markets. It is good for us when we don’t have enough time to cook. For example, people who live by themselves especially buy processed foods because they have little time for house works, part time job and so on. Thus, convenience stores are very useful for our busy life. In addition, we can use many useful functions at convenience stores like ATM, postal delivery, Internet (at some stores) at anytime. Convenience stores make our life more effectually, so convenience stores win!

2. Which is better for our health?
If you think it with your long life time, can you keep eating convenience stores’ food? There are some chemical seasonings in processed foods to keep them fresh or delicious, so it may cause bad effect on your body. On the other hand, there are a lot of fresh vegetables, fish, meats, so you can cook and eat them peacefully. We can select the best food for our body at supermarkets. Moreover, we can polish our cooking skills! Supermarkets win!

3. Which is better for the environment?
When we think about economy, it is very clear! I think almost everyone say supermarkets are better for economy because they are positive not to use plastic bags. Not only the movement, they also cooperate to collect plastic trays, cartons of milk, so it is very good for the earth. In addition, supermarkets try to sell merchandise by cutting prices from evening, so foods won’t be waste, but convenience stores don’t try selling remain food and throw it away. It is big problem of modern people because we should use things with appreciations for the earth. Then, supermarkets win!

In conclusion, convenience store is better for our life, supermarket is better for our health and the environment so supermarket win in this battle. Then, supermarket may be good for these three aspects, convenience store has many other good entertainment points. Since that, it is difficult to decide which is better, but we should reconsider other side of convenience.
Let’s use things with respect!

Three Reasons Why Comedy Duo “DOWNTOWN” Succeeded

Almost everyone knows “DOWNTOWN” because they are one of the greatest comedy duos in Japan. I also respect them of their high level of sense of humor. Generally, a comedy duo has a straight man and a funny man except particular duos which have two funny men or changes their parts, and so on. This duo, DOWNTOWN has originally style, too, and it said that they has became a model of comedian duos in Japan. The straight man is Masatoshi Hamada called Hamachan and the funny man is Hitoshi Matsumoto called Matchan, you see. Their combination is polished spending long time from their distressing time to now. Then, I’ll talk about the reasons why they succeed that I think, skills of straight man (Hamachan), sense of humor of funny man (Matchan), and their trusting relationship.

1. Skills of Hamachan
Skills of Hamachan mean his comments and reactions for every Matchan’s funny jokes. Since the more straight men comment and react to their partner’s jokes well, the more they emphasize humor of the jokes, I think Hamachan’s great reactions make their Manzai (comic backchat) or conts perfect. This duo won’t able to work well without him.

2. Sense of humor of Matchan
Before the straight man works, he needs his funny man to joke, so almost all time Manzai or conts start with Matchan’s talks or jokes. Then, he shows his great sense of humor as a funny man. First, his talk isn’t strange but very usual, but he takes it to joke in the end of the talk. Though he often jokes with ironic, he talks it with humor so everyone doesn’t be unpleasant. He is a professional of wit.

3. Their trusting relationship
Ultimately, if there is no trust during duo, they can’t make good show even each person has many good points. Hamachan and Matchan recognize their partner’s character and ability each other, so they can do their best on the stage. Moreover their trusting relationship makes them comfortable and brings out the best in them. They have best relationship as best friends.

In conclusion, they have own great ability and skill as a comedian, and they can show their deep capacity with their partner. These days, there are many comedians and they are trying to be the best comedians like DOWNTOWN.