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Pretty women: Shiseido’s TSUBAKI ad campaign screensaver
With a tag line that reads: “Nihon no josei wa, utsukushii.” (Japanese women are, beautiful), cosmetics giant Shiseido’s ad campaign for their TSUBAKI shampoo line definitely drives that point home. Featuring several (yes, more than one!) popular actresses, there are ads for TSUBAKI’s Shiro (white) and Aka (red) shampoo product. The one that we’re interested…
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Found while browsing the iTunes Store
While browsing the iTunes Store (waiting patiently for Hikaru Utada’s [a J-pop artist with no ties that I know of to Okinawan pop culture but thought I’d share this information with you anyway 😛 ] latest album to pop-up there) I stumbled on two indies artists — one an utasaa, the other an O-pop duo…
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Desktop: Aya Ueto gets you to buy softymo
Ah, it’s nice seeing a new wallpaper for my Mac (or your Mac/PC) — especially if it’s with Aya Ueto. So, yeah, it’s for a cosmetic product line called softymo (from KOSÉ), but it’s a calendar too (albeit one that only goes up to June but I digress). Come April we’ll be seeing Aya in…
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Desktop: Gori in “Utatama”
Here’s a desktop for your Mac/PC of Gori’s new film, “Utatama,” which opens in theaters nationwide in Japan on April 5, 2008. “Utatama” also stars Kaho as a chorus student who doubts the “coolness” of it after being told that she looks like a salmon when she sings (you’ll have to check out the trailer…
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Desktop: The One Pound Gospel (Final)
The drama just wrapped-up and as promised, the official website for “1 Pound no Fukuin” has the last of the show’s wallpapers available for download. As mentioned in our previous post, you may or may not be disappointed by the fact that Meisa Kuroki (or Kazuya Kamenashi from KAT-TUN) is not in any of these…
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Desktop: The One Pound Gospel (1 paundo no fukuin)
The Good: free desktop available for download from my favorite J-drama of this season, “The One Pound Gospel.” The Bad: you don’t get the beautiful Meisa Kuroki who plays Sister Angela in the show. But not to fret as there are four more wallpapers coming to the site soon. Of course, we’ll be posting about…
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Desktop: Beer and Beni
Or should the title have read Beni and Beer? Well, regardless, this is a match made in heaven when a pop idol like Beni Arashiro becomes the image girl for an alcoholic beverage from one of my favorite beer makers: Orion Breweries based in Nago, Okinawa. There are two different wallpapers to choose from as…
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Desktop: Aya Ueto for CHECK PC!
Maybe it’s because of her spunky character roles, Aya Ueto is the image girl for CHECK PC! a security service for your computer. I guess if you’ve dreamed of Aya cosplaying as a sleuth, this wallpaper is for you. Enjoy! (Via 壁紙fan!)
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Desktop: Takeshi Kaneshiro’s ‘Sweet Rain’
Gosh, it’s seems like ages since I last saw Takeshi Kaneshiro in a Japanese film. It think it was 2002’s “Returner.” This time around, Takeshi plays a shinigami (death god) in a film called “Sweet Rain: Shinigami no Seido” that’s about to begin its road show on March 22nd. From the looks of the trailer,…
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Blogs worth subscribing to from Vision Factory’s artists
Vision Factory, which manages artists like J-hip-pop queen Namie Amuro, has a listing of blogs (Namie is unfortunately not on the list) up on their site. The great thing is that a few of these blogs contain video clips (so they’re closer to vlogs). Below are a few of my faves: hiro (ex-SPEED) – ‘Constanze…
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