That’s the face I made when I realized I have all of August as a vacation (though not from blogging, don’t worry!). Kobukuro “Yell E ~ Ru” Looks like more and more older Japanese bands are wising up to the economic benefits of either putting together comeback tours or at least placing an emphasis on…
Not the most upbeat week in Japanese news – car crashes, dead pandas, Ichiro Ozawa in general. So here is a quick (so many songs this week) edition of this feature to turn that proverbial frown upside down. Or make it sag a bit more, who knows. Ikimono-gakari “Kaze Ga Fuiteiru” NHK is Japan’s equivalent…
How the world divined for me to stumble across the above image the same week Linkin Park are penciled in to play on Music Station, I will never know. Yet I have, and there it is…the members of Linkin Park turned into ponies. I don’t even know. See the original here. KAT-TUN “To The Limit”…
Big things happening around these parts in the near future, so this will be a relatively quick edition…with picture complete with Japanese buzzword! aiko “Kuchibiru” WATCH HERE, STARTING AT THE THREE MINUTE MARK Here’s an artist who exist in the unoffensive middle, someone who never releases anything terrible but also has failed to release anything…
Tokyo currently has “Skytree” fever, as the metropolis’ welcomed the world’s second-largest structure this week. Take it from someone who watches the news while running on the treadmill at my gym – the Skytree is inescapable, with TV shows doing features about the outside, inside, gift shops, food options and nearby train station (just to…