Category Archives: Music

Kendama-mania with Hiroshi Miyama

  Enka is a genre of Japanese music. Enka has characteristic melody lines and is sung with a distinctive vocal tremolo expression/vibrato called kobushi.  One enka singer, Hiroshi Miyama, has…

An Earthy Wooden Companion for Your iPhone

  Our lives are lately full of digital sounds such as alarms, beeping home appliances and phone ring tones. The product I would like to share with you today might…

[Photoblog] Music Dedicated to Gyoki, the Priest

Top left in the picture is a statue of Gyoki, the Priest who was committed to build a statue of the great Buddha and spread Buddhism in Japan. Taken during…

New Trend?? Marshmallow Girls of Japan

  There was a period that all girls were dreaming of obtaining perfect, model-like skinny body in Japan, and even slim-enough girls often mentioned that they are on diet.  But…

AKB48 Taxi Dance Video

  Japan’s very popular idol girl group, AKB48, released their 32nd single, “Koi Suru Fortune Cookie” (Fortune Cookie in Love) last August. The dance routine for this song is quite…

New Styles in Karaoke; Guitar Performance, Footbath, Evangelion, what’s more…?

  Do you enjoy Karaoke? Do you go and sing with a bunch of your friends? Or do you go to enjoy your time alone to sing and release your…

[Photoblog] Ryoto-e Festival under the Stars

A variety of music were performed on a stage (the bottom right of the picture); some are played by Taisho-goto and brass band; there was also African music.Taken in Ryoto-e…

The Japan Pill Harmonic: a new alternative medicine?

  It is probably not only the Japanese Philharmonic which has been distressed for more and more people distance themselves from classical music. When traveling abroad I once went to…

Japanese Artist, Perfume Warmly Welcomed at Canne

  Do you know Japanese techno pop group, called Perfume?  If you do know, I’m very pleased to know that they are globally famous 🙂  They are very famous musicians/…

[Photoblog] Fête de la Musique à Nara

Miki, the photographer went out for an event of Mr. Ohashi on 15th June to take pictures☆The event was held inside a traditional Japanese storehouse using old style lamps.It seems…

[Photoblog] EXILE Samurai Figures

“EXILE”, one of the most popular music artist group, wearing samurai costumes at Wonder Festival 2010. Isn’t that cool? ^_^   This is JAPAN Style! 

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