Bonding In Japan

Moore Not Less · March 2004

Have you got $5,000+ dollars to spare? If you have then why not take the trip of a lifetime and visit some of the famous Bond landmarks in Japan courtesy of the Ian Fleming foundation.

http://www.ianfleming.org/mt_content/000172.html

Bonding in Japan trip Slated

The Ian Fleming Foundation is sponsoring a tour to some of the famous Bond settings in Japan in September.

A press release from the organizers:

Come BOND IN JAPAN...
Experience the World of You Only Live Twice & "The Man With the Red Tattoo"

Highlights of the Tour:
Dinner Event with Akiko Wakabayashi (Aki from YOLT)
Hosted by author Raymond Benson & Doug Redenius of the Ian Fleming Foundation

"The Man with the Red Tattoo"
Tsukiji Market, Shinjuku, Shibuya Area, Sapporo Beer Garden, Noboribetsu, Bear Farm, Naoshima Island

You Only Live Twice
New Otani Hotel, Shinbashi & Ginza Area, TOYOTA 200GT (The only Japanese Bond Car), Kobe Seaport, Himeji Castle (Ninja Training Center), Akime Village (Filming Place)

Date: Sept. 1 through Sept. 11 2004
Price: From $4,999+tax, the price is per person based on double occupancy
Tour price is subject to change, minimum 20 people will be required
Tour price includes: Coach class round trip airfare US to Japan, Hotel accommodations, daily breakfast, 3 lunch, 4 dinner, transportation listed in the itinerary, English speaking guide. If you have questions, please feel free to contact Kintetsu International at 800-654-4090

The Tour is supported by Ian Fleming Foundation

More details: Itinerary (Adobe PDF format)

Posted by James at March 25, 2004 12:48 AM

bondaholic007 · March 2008

I believe that in japan they call mr bang.
"the names bang, bang bang"

this may not be correct my geography teacher told me.

Hardyboy · March 2008

Bond has been nicknamed "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang." Depending on who you believe, it was started by either the Japanese or the Italians. At any rate, the producers took such a fancy to the name that they commissioned the song "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" for Thunderball--it was recorded but scrubbed at the last minute for Tom Jones's title song.

Barbel · March 2008

Hardyboy wrote:

Bond has been nicknamed "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang." Depending on who you believe, it was started by either the Japanese or the Italians. At any rate, the producers took such a fancy to the name that they commissioned the song "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" for Thunderball--it was recorded but scrubbed at the last minute for Tom Jones's title song.

John Barry, who composed both the above songs, has said that he came across the name "Mr Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" in a magazine and wrote the song (and most of TB's score) round that. He recorded two versions of the song, one with Shirley Bassey and the other with Dionne Warwick. The title MKKBB gave him more inspiration than "Thunderball", and he has stated that the name came from the Italians rather than the Japanese.

It was only later on that EON decided they wanted a song actually called "Thunderball" (allowing valuable cross-promotion whenever it was heard on radio or TV) that the second song was written. Leslie Bricusse, who had written the lyric for MKKBB, was unavailable so Barry called on Don Black to write his first of many Bond lyrics (DAF, TMWTGG, etc). Black initially had no idea what to do with such a title (going so far as to look it up in a dictionary only to find nothing) but eventually came through. Tom Jones was also nonplussed by the title until JB told him to take a leaf out of Shirley Bassey's book and sing it as if it DID mean something.

Bonding In Japan

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