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Yuki Chikudate from Asobi Seksu
I’m a fan of Asobi Seksu’s music (own all of their albums except for their latest, “Fluorescence”) and I didn’t even know that singer Yuki Chikudate is Uchinanchu! Bad on me. Bad. On. Me. http://twitter.com/#!/asobi_seksu/status/45277678147870720 Anyhoo, according to her tweet, Yuki wants to do a concert in Okinawa! Hopefully if this happens, they’ll stop in…
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YouTube: Namie Amuro feat. Tomohisa Yamashita “Unusual”
[updated] Video is no longer available since Avex pulled it. Hopefully, Avex will release an official version that fans can view. PV of Namie Amuro’s song “Unusual” (featuring Tomohisa Yamashita) from her upcoming best collaboration album “Checkmate!” which will be released on March 23, 2011. (Via @fyiMango.)
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YouTube: 北谷TV takes a look at how Chatan Chourou awamori is made
My favorite awamori. 🙂
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iTunes: Seijin Noborikawa’s “Noborikawa Seijin Live! ~Just One Night at CAY 2010.8.29~”
It’s only available as a partial album, and you can’t buy it in its entirety (meaning you’ll have to buy track by track — yes, silly indeed) but if you were holding out on the latest offering from Respect Record for Seijin Noborikawa, it’s now out on iTunes (link opens iTunes). So, what’s missing? Disc…
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Event: Sennin no Sanshin (Hawaii)
Okinawan musical instrument, Sanshin players can be a part of the 17th Honolulu Festival Grand Parade! The grand marshal will be Sanshin Master Choichi Terukina-sensei, a National Living Treasure of Japan. Let’s join the parade with Terukina-sensei and play his composition “Mensore.” The goal of SENNIN NO SANSHIN Project is to have as many sanshin…
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Tokyograph: Kuroki Meisa cast as heroine in “Andalucia: Megami no Houfuku”
Actress Kuroki Meisa (22) has picked up another heroine role in a major motion picture. After co-starring with Kimura Takuya (38) in last year’s hit movie “Space Battleship Yamato,” she will now be joining Oda Yuji (43) in “Andalucia: Megami no Houfuku,” the sequel to the 2009 blockbuster “Amalfi: Megami no Hoshu.” […] (Via Tokyograph.)…
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Concert: 3 Strings, Songs of Okinawa
Mr. Choichi Terukina, recognized as a Living National Treasure of Japan for his performance of Classical Okinawan music as known as Ryukyu Koten, will take the stage on Saturday, March 19, at 7:00 pm at the Center for Early Education’s Community Center, 563 North Alered Street, West Hollywood, CA 90048, to introduce the recently formed…
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And, we’re back!
So, we’ve been gone for the entire month of February—missed us? We posted a bunch of wallpaper links today and maybe we’ll keep going. 🙂
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Wallpaper: Yui Aragaki for Tokyo Metro
You probably know the drill already. Yui Aragaki. Tokyo Metro. New wallpaper. Get your’s here. (Via 壁紙fan!)
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