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Nomura-Ryu Ongaku Kyo Kai Hawaii Shibu’s 40th Anniversary Celebration
Who: Nomura-Ryu Ongaku Kyo Kai Hawaii Shibu What: 40th Anniversary Celebration & to honor Harry Seisho Nakasone Sensei When & Where: April 22, 2007 (Sunday) at 2:00 PM at the Hawaii Okinawa Center (Waipahu, Hawaii) If you’re interested in purchasing tickets for the event please leave a comment or email me at karakuipress[at]gmail[dot]com. (Sorry for…
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Yuji Nakae’s ‘Koishikute’ Trailer Now Online
Perhaps the most anticipated film of 2007 for Okinawa movie fans is “Koishikute”, directed by Yuji Nakae (“Hotel Hibiscus”, “Nabbie’s Love”), and based on the early days of J/O-Pop super group BEGIN. You can now view the trailer of the film (kudos to them for making it available on Apple’s superb QT format too) on…
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Takako Uehara is the New Image Character for Sokenbicha
Will 2007 be Takako Uehara‘s (24, ex-SPEED) year? The J-Pop singer has a best-of album “départ ∼takako uehara single collection∼” (AVCD-16120 [CD-only version], AVCD-16119/B [CD+DVD version]) set to be released on March 14th and on February 5th we’ll have a chance to see her as the image character for Coca-Cola Japan’s Sokenbicha drink. Now who…
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Whatever Happened to the DotW?
A feature of my previous Okinawan pop culture blogs was the DotW, or the Discography of the Week. Long time readers of my blogs know that although I called it DotW, entries were posted rather sporadically (mostly due to the amount of free time I had to work on the discography) and the main focus…
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Amuro’s ‘Baby Don’t Cry’ Makes It Her 13th Consecutive Oricon Best 10 Single
Congratulations to J-Pop diva Namie Amuro (29), whose latest single “Baby Don’t Cry” (released 2007.1.24) charted at #3 on the Oricon Single Chart making it her 13th consecutive single to reach the top 10! It’s an amazing feat when you consider that it was her 1995 single “Taiyou no SEASON” that started it all. [Via…
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Risa Niigaki, Ready for the Spotlight?
Ladies and gentlemen, the Niigaki Risa boom has come. Some crazy points here, coming from a huge Gaki-san fan. Apologies in advance if this sounded bias. Old news made new. Way back (I think a couple months) before Yossie’s graduation announcement, read from somewhere that there were some ‘insider’ rumour from internal staffs, that Yoshizawa…
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Vote for Keith Nakaganeku and Calabash!
Keith Nakaganeku and Calabash’s debut album, “Hawaiian Jazz Done Asian Style”, is up for New Artist of the Year for the 10th Annual Hawaii Music Awards. We can vote for him/his band online and they also have a sample (one minute long) of “Blue Darlin’” up on the site too. Vote for him over here…
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MAX’s Reina Releases Semi-Nude Photobook
LINA’s already done it and now it looks like Reina (29) released her very own semi-nude photobook, “R-017” (in Japanese, “0” can be read as “rei”, “1” as “i”, and “7” as “na”. All-together now). Coming soon? Playboy Japan’s “The Girls of MAX“. 😛 Now if Nana ever releases one…
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Isshin – Of One Heart
Okay, I blogged about this joint (dance and taiko) concert a while back ago at Internet-Okinawa.com and also at the ol’ Karakui.com before I “accidentally” killed it (don’t ask). This’ll be the first for this blog tho’. ISSHIN – Of One Heart A concert featuring classical, contemporary and avant garde Okinawan dance and taiko Leeward…
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