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- TV commercial of the week: Ippon Manzoku Bar and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi from SMAP
- January 23rd, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- SMAP singer Tsuyoshi Kusanagi appears in a TV commercial for Ippon Manzoku Bar, which is a chocolate-flavored bar from Asahi Foods. In the commercial, Kusanagi plays a teacher whose students are going to take university (or high school) entrance examinations. The ... » Continue Reading
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- Weekly Digest 1/14~1/20
- January 21st, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- 1/14 (Sat.)Hello Kitty Manju at Circle K SunKus 1/15 (Sun.)Niseko Village ranked No. 1 ski resort in Japan Other Post:iPod nano 6th generation watch conversion kit 1/16 (Mon.)Do you want to connect with AKB48 on Google+? Other Posts:TV commer ... » Continue Reading
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- Tower of Terror at Tokyo DisneySea gets even scarier
- January 20th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- If you've been to Tokyo DisneySea, you will be familiar with the scary (or exciting) Tower of Terror attraction, especially its freefall part. Tower of Terror, located in American Waterfront, is one of the most popular rides at Tokyo DisneySea. (Circled in black ... » Continue Reading
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- Captain Jack Sparrow welcomes you to Tokyo cake shop
- January 19th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- There is a cake shop in Tokyo's Nakano district with a unique welcoming reception. Captain Jack Sparrow, the character made famous by Johnny Depp in the "Pirates of Caribbean" films, is there to greet customers. His official name is "Koenji Jack Sparrow" and he ... » Continue Reading
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- Akita winters – more than just shoveling snow!
- January 18th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Well hello to all my fans out there in cyberspace. I hope you all had a wonderful New Year holiday- Akemashite Omedettou Gozaimasu, as we say here in Japan. Well, 2012, the year of the Dragon, came in like one! Since the end of last year and the beginning of this ... » Continue Reading
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- Old codger finds new life as robot in ‘ROBO-G’
- January 17th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- How would you like to spend your time inside a robot suit entertaining people who thought you were a real robot? What would you do if someone fell in love with you, not suspecting a human is inside? That's the wacky premise for the film "ROBO-G," currently playing. ... » Continue Reading
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- Do you want to connect with AKB48 on Google+?
- January 16th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- There is a special Google+ website for AKB48 called "AKB48 Now on Google+". You can join your favorite member's circle and get information about her. Besides AKB48, members of AKB48's sister groups, SKE48, NMB48, HKT48 are on Google+ too. If you want to join the ... » Continue Reading
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- TV commercial of the week: Sukiya with TOKIO
- January 16th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- The video below is the commercial for "gyudon" beef-bowl restaurant chain Sukiya. Sukiya is popular with salary men and students because of its cheap prices. A regular bowl costs only 280 yen. Popular idol group TOKIO perform in the commercial. They sing: "There a ... » Continue Reading
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- Digest: 12/24~1/13
- January 14th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- 12/24 (Sun.)The story of love hotels 12/26 (Mon.)TV commercial of the week: Google Chrome and Hatsune Miku Other Post:Starting a business in Japan: Wendy's 12/27 (Tue.)Have a traditional New Year in Japan Other Posts:JNTO Tourist Information ... » Continue Reading
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- TV commercial of the week: Pizza-La
- January 9th, 2012Category: Arts & Entertainment
- Here's the ad for Pizza-La's new "Cream gratin pizza with crab and shrimp." "Talent" Mari Sekine (center in picture above) is the main character of the commercial. Sekine is a daughter of the famous "talent" (also comedian), Tsutomu Sekine, who is a fluent English ... » Continue Reading
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- Snapshots With the GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition
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