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Metropolis Tokyo’s JAPAN BEAT
I’ve been meaning to blog about this site for awhile (but you know how that goes) and better late than never, right? The Metropolis website has a handful of pretty good reviews/interviews with artists from Okinawa. Although there are a few small parts where they can be totally off (they misspell Toru Yonaha’s name twice…
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Aya Ueto Desktop for Mother’s Day
Okay, so it’s really an ad specially made for Mother’s Day and Lotte’s Ghana chocolate bar. 😉 Be sure to check out the CM featuring Aya Ueto too. Her Okinawan connection? Aya’s mom is from Ishigaki City. [Via 壁紙fan!]
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A Pair of Cool Desktops for Download
For a limited time (36 hrs), you can download a desktop celebrating ORANGE RANGE’s upcoming single “Ika SUMMER” which will be released on the 25th of this month. It’s available over here in two different versions (the one you see below is the strange one, the other is of the band). Of course, if you’re…
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okinawaBBtv International
OkinawaBBtv has been a pretty nifty place on the web to get your Okinawa fix i.e., if you can read Japanese. (I’ve given them quite a bit of hits for their Miuta Taishou videos although they have yet to upload the artist I’m really waiting for, Akane Murayoshi.) And while the majority of their site…
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WordPress.com’s #2 BotD (Japanese Language) is from Okinawa
So I’m about to shut down (gotta go practice sanshin yo) but I decide to surf around WordPress.com a bit and came across the daily Top Blogs listing. Clicked 日本語 (Nihongo) under “Language Filters” and lo and behold, sitting at the number two spot for the Blogs of the Day (BotD) is the Okinawa Basketball…
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Yu Yamada + Kanebo = Cool Desktop
Well, we said it was only a matter of time before we’d see a Yu Yamada desktop for her new Kanebo gig. Enjoy! [Via 壁紙fan!]
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Another Desktop
Download a desktop over at Yahoo! Japan for a promo featuring our favorite actress from Okinawa, Yukie Nakama. You’ll have to correctly answer all of the questions on the quiz in order to download the desktop (one type, three different screen sizes). Although it’s all in Japanese, it’s multiple choice and answers are provided if…
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Takako Uehara Sokenbicha Desktop Available
Well, we blogged about Takako Uehara (ex-SPEED) and her part as the image character for Sokenbicha back in the beginning of the month, and now the kind bottlers of Coca-Cola Japan have a couple (there are three in all but only two of them with Takako) of desktops available for download. (In case you don’t…
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Meisa Kuroki Desktop for Collagen Water
Some of our Hawaii readers may recognize Meisa Kuroki as the heroine in the J-drama “Aru Ai no Uta (Song of Love)” which was featured as a KIKU-TV 2007 New Year special. The 18 year-old hapa (her father is American, mother is Japanese, and Meisa Kuroki is her stage name) model/actress is steadily gaining popularity…
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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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