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Site News
Just a heads up that there may be some funkiness in accessing Karakui.com as I move the domain to a different registrar (see here). If everything goes well, then you won’t notice any changes to the site. *crossing fingers*
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American Red Cross Text Donations: Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami
Txt REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation to #Japan eq & Pacific #tsunami relief. http://bit.ly/eZJDoJ — American Red Cross (@RedCross) March 11, 2011 More info on texting your donation can be found on this American Red Cross page. (Received word that my family in Okinawa as well as my cousin and her family…
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And, we’re back!
So, we’ve been gone for the entire month of February—missed us? We posted a bunch of wallpaper links today and maybe we’ll keep going. 🙂
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2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 48,000 times in 2010. If it were the Taj…
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Karakui.com Special: Okinawan musicians to follow on Twitter
This is the first in a series of posts featuring people to follow on Twitter (Wikipedia link), the social networking/microblogging service. Musicians: @rinkenteruya – Rinken Band leader Rinken Teruya. He’ll often reply to @Mentions and tweets quite frequently. @gerhen_oshima – Gerhen Oshima, formerly of TINGARA, Churamana, and Shima Good Needs. His latest project is coco←musika.…
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Karakui.com Special: That actor? He’s from Okinawa.
So here’s my companion to that special I did on actresses from Okinawa back in August 2009. This article will feature actors who were born in Okinawa or who have ties to Okinawa — usually a parent or grandparent who is originally from Okinawa. The list of actors may surprise you as you’ve probably seen…
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200,000 hits!
It would’ve been nice if I did a countdown to 200,000 hits and I was kinda surprised at how fast we reached it. Nifee deebitan (thank you, thank you, thank you) for checking us out!
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On making 160,000+ hits
I quietly saw Karakui.com pass the 150,000 mark and now we’re over 166,000 hits. Yeah, we’re still a small blog covering the margins of the more popular Japanese pop culture scene but we’re not doing that shabby at all. If you’ve ever kept a blog, and you’re a geek, you’re probably into stats as well.…
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Karakui.com Special: That actress? She’s from Okinawa.
I’ve been meaning to post an entry on this subject, actresses from Okinawa, for a very long time. If you haven’t noticed, we’re living in a very special time (well, especially for Okinawan pop culture folks) where it’s impossible not to find an actress from Okinawa on TV or on the big screen. I’ve managed…
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Update to Listing of Artists on iTunes page
Added a bunch of artists from Okinawa (or with ties to Okinawa) that I’ve found available at the iTunes U.S. store. Ayako Miyara GANGA ZUMBA — features Kazufumi Miyazawa (THE BOOM) and Claudia Oshiro HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR Nangoku Drops Yasukatsu Oshima – HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! (Links will open iTunes.) View the rest of the list…
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