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2nd annual Okinawa International Movie Festival red carpet
This is from a few months back but it’s still awesome nonetheless. Garage Sale make an appearance but perhaps the largest excitement was when special guest Namie Amuro walked the red carpet. The Okinawa International Movie Festival is an annual event that takes place at the ending of March. Lots of great videos like this…
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Wallpaper: Stereopony’s “Over the Border”
There are two special wallpapers celebrating the June 9th release of Stereopony’s second album, “Over the Border,” from their record label Sony Music. Download them soon as they are available for a limited time. (Via 壁紙fan!)
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“BENI invited to Anime Expo 2010” – Tokyograph
Singer BENI (24), who just achieved her first #1 album this past week with “Lovebox,” has been confirmed as an official Guest of Honor for this year’s Anime Expo convention in Los Angeles. Anime Expo 2010 is being held on July 1-4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. BENI is scheduled to perform a concert…
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Cocco’s latest single “NIRAI-KANAI”
J-pop artist Cocco (one of our favorites) recently released her meaningful single “NIRAI-KANAI” on June 9th featuring Ryukyukoku Matsuri Daiko and artist Curly Giraffe — both are also in the PV. In the PV, Cocco’s holding a jiifaa made by her good friend Kenjiro Matayoshi, a 7th generation maker of Ryukyu kanzeeku. According to her…
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Website: “Let’s Bon Dance!” www.bondance.com
For all of you bon dance lovers out there, Donna has created a new website for you to keep up-to-date on where the action is at as well as posts that show you what bon dancing is all about through wonderful photos and videos. It’ll be great to see others in different parts of the…
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Yui Aragaki for Tokyo Metro’s Tokyo Heart
It’s the June wallpaper edition for Tokyo Metro’s Tokyo Heart ad campaign featuring Yui “Gakky” Aragaki. Download your wallpaper here and grab the older ones if you haven’t already done so. (Via 壁紙fan!)
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Aya Ueto for Eclipse AVN from Fujitsu
You’ll have to beat the quiz to download this Aya Ueto wallpaper. Well worth it tho IMHO. I also love that they have the wallpaper available in widescreen format (perfect for my MacBook). 🙂 Give it a try? (Via 壁紙fan!)
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Sadao China’s Shimauta Hyakkei (via Power of Okinawa)
At the end of last year Sadao China was awarded the prestigious Nihon Record Taisho Kikaku Sho for his 6 CD box set Shimauta Hyakkei which was released on King Records in October. This national award is a fitting tribute to China's long career in Okinawan music: he first recorded at the age of 12 and is…
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Wallpaper: Meisa Kuroki’s “5-FIVE” album jacket
Meisa Kuroki looks great in this special wallpaper featuring the album jacket for her latest single, “5-FIVE,” which will be released on June 2, 2010. Download it here and enjoy Meisa on your Mac/PC desktop! (Via 壁紙fan!)
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