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Our Favorites of 2023
It’s almost the end of the year 🎊 so here’s our favorite releases from 2023 🔥. We’re keeping to songs that are readily available on streaming services outside of Okinawa and Japan so sadly this leaves out all(?) of the shimauta music 😥 Favorite Rock Song: “Yoake” by seven oops (released on 3/26/2023) — This…
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Karakui’s Favorite Songs of 2022 (So Far)
We’ve been seeing a lot of amazing music releases this year so here are our favorite songs of 2022 (so far). The criteria is that the song is a new release for 2022 (not a remake or re-release) and we’re only covering pop music this time around. Oh, and they’re not in any particular order…
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Oricon: Amuro retains “kogao queen” title – Tokyograph
Oricon’s “kogao queen” survey has become an annual tradition. For the fourth year, the research firm surveyed a total of a thousand men and women, asking them to rank the female celebrities that they associated with the “small face” beauty trend. For the third consecutive year, singer Namie Amuro ranked #1, followed by actress Manami…
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Looking into Meisa Kuroki’s alluring eyes
The “Bright Eyes” promotion committee recently conducted an internet-based survey of 500 men and women in their 20s and 30s, collecting their opinions on beauty with regard to eyes. One of the questions asked them to identify female celebrities with attractive eyes. The #1 answer was actress Meisa Kuroki (21), followed by Kou Shibasaki (27)…
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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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Oricon: Nakama again named celebrity with best black hair – Tokyograph
Oricon repeated its survey from last year that asked the public who they think looks best with black hair, though this time around the survey divided the choices for male and female celebrities. Not surprisingly, the female list was very similar to the previous results, with Yukie Nakama once again in the lead. Mika Nakashima…
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Listing of Artists Available for Purchase on iTunes (United States)
Here’s a list of artists from Okinawa (or with ties to Okinawa) whose music can be purchased on iTunes. You may find that some of the artists are listed twice at the store and they may be listed under a different genre so navigating the store can be quite difficult. (Please note that clicking on…
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