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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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No Snap for You!
I’m not sure if any of you will miss it, but I disabled Snap previews. If you want it back, leave me a comment and I’ll think about it.
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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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Pages Problem Fixed
So I added a new one. 😀 It’s my long overdue attempt at a filmography for movies that were shot on location in Okinawa. Enjoy! (Thank goodness for the WordPress.com forums.)
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Our New Banner Image
While we’re waiting for the whole non-working-Pages-links to blow over, we decided to slip on a new theme and upload a custom banner image. The pic is from Internet-Okinawa.com resident photog Myron Akana and can be found in their Flickr photostream.
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No Pages?!
Okay, looks like Karakui’s not alone. Other users are writing about not being able to access their Pages in the WordPress.com forums. Oh well, nothing we can do but wait.
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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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We’re Experiencing Technical Difficulties
Sorry folks. Looks like my post on Meisa brought the blog down to its knees and now the other pages (“About” & “Artist Links”) are no longer functioning correctly (i.e., both of them show up as the main blog index page). Both of the pages are still editable so this may just be temporary. We’ll…
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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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