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Category Archives: JPop
New Perfume Video: “Magic of Love”
For all you Perfume fans (a surprising number of blog readers are), here’s the latest song by Perfume: Magic of Love. Similar to their video for Voice, it includes a lot of cool room-shifts and visual tricks. My daughter loves … Continue reading
JPop Saturdays: Perfume’s “Spring of Life”
I felt like posting this one this weekend for three reasons. First, spring is coming again soon and I’m excited for it. Second Girls’ Day (Hinamatsuri) is coming to Japan and I wanted to post something that celebrates Japanese women. … Continue reading
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JPop Saturdays: Perfume’s “Nee”
I’ve been saving this one for Christmas time because I like the winter theme of the video. This is another JPop song by Perfume called “nee”: Sadly, this is only the short version. The long version is available Youtube, but … Continue reading
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JPop Saturdays: Perfume’s “Fake It”
Wait, whoa. WHOA. Stop everything. Call the President, go to Defcon 2, and scramble the fighter-jets. Just kidding. Some folks might be surprised to see that I am reviewing a JPop song this week, not KPop. More on that later. … Continue reading
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KPop Saturdays: KARA’s “Pandora”
Another video I wanted to post recently was “Pandora” by KARA. KARA is huge in Japan. I would argue they’re one of the most popular groups in Japanese music, and I know of some KARA fans, plus you can see … Continue reading
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Happy 8th Anniversary, Baby!
Hi Honey, It’s been 8 fun years together as husband and wife, and since you’re in Japan1 enjoying sunny weather while we’re here in Seattle stuck in a snow-storm, I thought you might enjoy this video from Kinki Kids that … Continue reading
First Post of 2012: What a day
2012 came to Japan today (many readers are still celebrating New Year’s even now due to time-zone difference), but it was a crazy day. We spent the morning at home, eating osechi-ryōri (おせち料理), a staple of Japanese New Year: If … Continue reading
Something Nice for a Saturday Afternoon
Recently I mentioned a certain Japanese group I like, Kanjani Eight, but unlike other groups I post about, I can’t find a good video on Youtube to share with people.1 I was lucky to find this one: This is one … Continue reading
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