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“LooChoo nu Kwa” coming to Honolulu
Our successful and emotionally charged production of LooChoo nu Kwa will be coming to the Mamiya Theater, on the St. Louis/Chaminade Campus on Waiʻalae Ave, in Kaʻimuki on Sunday, August 24th, 2pm. Tickets are $25 general admission, and $20 seniors (60 and over), students (12 and under). Seats are limited so buy early as we…
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J-pop singer melody. buys a MacBook Air
News? As a Mac nerd, you betcha! Having just released her awesome new album, “Lei Aloha,” popular J-pop singer melody. blogged about her purchase of a new notebook: Apple’s MacBook Air. What a great way to celebrate the release of an album. Hope she enjoys her new notebook and maybe she’ll post pics of her…
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Chitose Hajime sings “Climber’s High” image song – Tokyograph
Chitose Hajime’s next single ‘Hotaruboshi’ will be the image song for Masato Harada’s movie ‘Climber’s High,’ which is based on Hideo Yokoyama’s novel about the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123. ‘Hotaruboshi’ was written, composed, and arranged by Sukima Switch’s Shintaro Tokita. The single will be released on July 2, three days before ‘Climber’s High’…
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TRIPLE-P’s 1st full-album to be released on 4/23!
Okinawan indies hip-hop duo, TRIPLE-P, will be releasing their first full-album, “TRIPLE-P in Wonderland,” on April 23. Prior to the full-album, they released two mini-albums and several singles and this time around they’ll be releasing the new album in a CD+DVD version as well as a CD-only version — both CDs will contain 15 tracks.…
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melody. blogs release of her new album, “Lei Aloha”
melody.’s latest album, “Lei Aloha,” was just released today and she shares a photo of herself with the CD on her official blog. “Lei Aloha” has a total of 14 tracks and includes an album version of her hit single “Haruka.” This is melody.’s fourth album — following 2007’s “READY TO GO!” — and I…
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Sanshin…made from a PET bottle
Sanshin…made from a PET bottle Originally uploaded by Internet-Okinawa.com The latest photos from Myron’s trip to Okinawa are up and while there are a lot of great photos, I had to blog this one of a sanshin made from a PET bottle! So if a can made into a sanshin is called a kankara sanshin,…
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Yu Yamada blogs from HEY!³
Model/Actress/Singer Yu Yamada has a new single, “leave all behind,” scheduled for release on April 23, 2008. To promote the upcoming single, she recently blogged about her appearance on the music show “HEY! HEY! HEY! MUSIC CHAMP” which is still without an air date — she says she’ll post the date it’ll air as it…
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Orange Range does “Code Geass” opening, ending – Tokyograph
ORANGE RANGE will release its new single ‘O2 ~Oo Tsuu~’ on May 28. This will mark the first time ORANGE RANGE member YAMATO takes the lead vocal for a song. ‘O2’ will be the opening theme to the TBS anime series ‘Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2‘ that starts on April 6. In addition,…
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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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Kurara Chibana to host television show – Tokyograph
I haven’t been following Kurara much since her run in the Miss Universe pageant. Well, it looks like things are going great for her and she’s even back to blogging regularly again. Talento Kurara Chibana, best known as the first runner-up for the Miss Universe 2006 crown, will begin hosting her first television show next…
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