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Wallpaper: Mew Azama for NHK
We’re beginning to see a lot of Mew and, hey, we like it! Here she is for NHK’s Rookie campaign. Download your copy here. (Via 壁紙fan!)
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Wallpaper: Yukie Nakama for Shiseido
It’s not very often where we find actress Yukie Nakama on a wallpaper (we’re talking the official and not the fan stuff) and I think this one, by Shiseido, is quite well-done. Download your copy here. (Via 壁紙fan!)
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Wallpaper: Aya Ueto for Aoki
Aya Ueto looks especially beautiful in this wallpaper for Aoki which she’s the image girl for. Download your copy here. (Via 壁紙fan!)
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Wallpaper: Domo-kun as Ryukyu no Kaze
What says pop culture better than a pop icon (Domo-kun) and the most epic television series created about Okinawa’s history, NHK’s “Ryukyu no Kaze“? You’ll have to pass a quiz to win the wallpaper so head on over to NHK’s special Taiga Drama 50 site to get started!
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Wallpaper: Yui Aragaki for Tokyo Metro
The latest wallpaper featuring Yui Aragaki for Tokyo Metro’s Tokyo Heart campaign is up! Download yours here. (Via 壁紙fan!)
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Takaka Uehara returns to the big screen
SPEED member Takako Uehara (28) has been given her first starring role in a movie. She will headline the cast of “Koitanibashi: La Vallee de l’amour,” directed by Koichi Goto, set for release this summer. As an actress, Uehara won a Japan Academy Prize Rookie of the Year award for her role in the 1999…
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Warm reception (via Grits and Sushi)
The opening reception for the Battle of Okinawa exhibit at the National Japanese American Historical Society (see earlier post) this past Saturday, January 15 was a great success. People of all generations filled the room, many standing outside the doors, waiting to squeeze in. The panels were beautifully put together, there were objects brought…
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Seijin Noborikawa: Live Double Album (via Power of Okinawa)
Fauta.net has a listing of Noborikawa’s albums that are available on iTunes. Veteran Okinawan singer and sanshin player Seijin Noborikawa has a live double album released on the Respect label on 23rd February. Entitled Seijin Noborikawa Live! ~ Just One Night at Cay 2010.8.29 ~ the album has a total running time of 138 minutes…
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2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 48,000 times in 2010. If it were the Taj…
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Ryukyu Shimpo interview (via Power of Okinawa)
Last month I went to the Ryukyu Shimpo offices in Naha to be interviewed about The Power of Okinawa. The article was published in the 31st December 2010 edition of the newspaper and focuses on the 2nd edition of the book and on my general interest in Okinawa and its music. For those who can…
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