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Special guest this Wednesday at OTW
Off the Wall chef Grant “Sandaa” Murata sensei (of the Afuso Ryu Gensei Kai Hawaii) emailed to let us know that they have a special guest this Wednesday (10/15) at the restaurant. The special guest is a friend of his who lived in Hawaii about 30 years ago and often performed at the old Club…
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Experience the flavors of Japan & Okinawa event
Off the Wall Restaurant & Bar (Aiea, Hawaii) will be holding the second part of their 3-part series on experiencing the flavors of Japan and Okinawa this Friday, October 17th. The following is via their email newsletter (email us at karakui.com@gmail.com and we’ll forward your email if you want to be added to their list):…
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Featuring: San Jose Sanshin Kai on the Web
It’s always a nice thing to open my inbox to see an email to a sanshin-related website and such is the case for the San Jose Sanshin Kai. Their website has an English (they’ve kindly linked to Karakui.com here) and a Japanese version. So stop by their website and give them a warm welcome to…
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Wallpaper: ANA’s Ishigaki Island scenery
Looking for a peaceful image to stick on your Mac/PC’s desktop? How about downloading two wallpaper calendars (month of October) from ANA featuring scenery of Ishigaki’s beautiful beaches? (Via 壁紙fan!)
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Kariyushi58’s new single set for a November release
Kariyushi58 will be releasing a new single on November 11th titled “Nana.” Included with the A-side song are the tracks “Kaze no Utai Hito,” “Aoi Basu,” and a cover of a song from The Blue Hearts. View the band’s YouTube playlist to see a bunch of their PVs. (Via bounce.com.)
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Two Okinawans top Oricon’s “Ideal Women” ranking
Oricon recently ran a survey of 1,200 men and women under 40, asking them to identify which celebrities they felt represented their ideal image of a woman. The survey was divided into two categories, one for music artists and one for actresses. In the artist category, Namie Amuro ranked #1, noted for her style and…
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Yusuke Kamiji cast in “Scrap Teacher” – Tokyograph
Popular talento Yusuke Kamiji will be joining the Hey! Say! JUMP boys on NTV’s upcoming drama series ‘Scrap Teacher.’ He will play the role of a teacher for the first time. The series was first announced earlier this month. The show stars Yuto Nakajima, Ryosuke Yamada, Yuri Chinen, and Daiki Arioka as four junior high…
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Wallpaper: Aya Ueto for Kose’s Softymo
What can we say? Whenever we showcase a new wallpaper here it seems as if it’s always with Aya Ueto and hey, we love it! This time around, she’s the image girl for Kose’s Softymo which is a “speedy cleansing oil” (yeah, I’m a guy and have no idea what that is but Aya’s on…
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Matsuda Kazutoshi no Teegee Rajio
Utasaa Kazutoshi “Kaazuu” Matsuda launched his own internet radio show, Matsuda Kazutoshi no Teegee Rajio, at the beginning of the month and now he’s added a much welcome m3u version (it launched with Real Player) for the last two shows (#3 and #4). Although it’s all in Japanese, it’s worth listening to as he introduces…
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SPEED to release first single in 5 years!
It was just last month that our beloved J-pop quartet SPEED got back together and now we have news of a release of a new single—their first in 5 years! (The group’s last single, released in 2003, was “Walking in the rain.”) The single, “Ashita no Sora,” will be released on November 5, 2008, in…
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