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Desktop: Canon Enjoy Photo (Yu Yamada)
The latest desktop from Canon’s Enjoy Photo Special Site featuring siblings Sakura (Yu Yamada), Ayame (Yu Aoi) and Kaede (Kaho) was taken at Zanpa Misaki in Okinawa. Also up for grabs is a screen saver available for Macs and PCs. [Via 壁紙fan!]
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Karakui.com
If you haven’t already bookmarked us, perhaps now is the best time to do so: karakui.com. 🙂
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Champuru posts a clip of Rinken Band
Sorry, kinda late on this one (and I’ll get around to answering everyone’s emails soon). Donna has a clip up of Rinken Band performing at this year’s Okinawan Festival in Waikiki, Hawaii.
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[Updated] ‘Hair change!’ – Yu Yamada
[Update] We’ve been had by Yu who was preparing for her first live event for the Shibuya Girls Collection. Yu Yamada (23) posted a pic (above) on her blog today showing off her new “hair change.” Although I believe Yu’s long hair was one of her trademarks, I think she looks cuter with short hair…
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Gackt gets ready to launch in 20 countries – Tokyograph
In October, Gackt will be making some of his releases available to 20 countries in North America and Europe. On the 19th, his two DVDs “THE GREATEST FILMOGRAPHY 1999-2006” (“~RED~” and “~BLUE~”) will be released simultaneously in the U.S. and Canada. These North American editions will reportedly include English lyrics he wrote for the songs.…
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YouTube: Yoshio Kojima
One of my daily routines every night is to check YouTube’s Most Viewed of the Day and I’ve been seeing a lot of clips from a Japanese comedian by the name of Yoshio Kojima. Lo and behold, he’s from Okinawa! A graduate of Waseda University, the comedian got his big break from his appearances in…
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SPEED MASTER
This song rocks! The song “SPEED MASTER” is a collaboration between J-pop group m.o.v.e and Okinawan J-rock group 8-BALL and is the theme song for a movie (think “Initial D”) of the same name starring Shunsuke Nakamura. I think the song as a collaboration is what really makes it much more powerful than if either…
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Three new videos from the 25th Okinawan Festival up at Champuru.net!
If you enjoyed the 25th Okinawan Festival vlog Donna posted to Champuru.net a few days ago, you’re going to love that she has three, count ’em three new videos up. Ryusei Daiko Hanayakara Naha Daiko Enjoy! And be sure to leave a comment for Donna too. 🙂
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Churamana posts a photo album from Hawaii
Churamana has a photo album up on their blog of images from their stay here in Hawaii where they performed at Kapiolani Park (Waikiki, Hawaii) for the 25th Okinawan Festival. The above pic (taken at the festival in the KZOO Radio booth) is one of many you’ll find in their photo album in Hawaii.
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Champuru posts 25th Okinawan Festival vlog
Donna over at champuru.net has a vlog of highlights from the past weekend’s 25th Okinawan Festival in Waikiki, Hawaii. She also has a bunch of photos up of the festival up on Flickr: 2007 Okinawan Festival (photoset).
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