Category: Japan
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Cool Japanese Music Vol 3 : Sheena Ringo
Another singer who got me hooked from 2015 Kohaku is Sheena Ringo. I’ve heard her name and songs before 2015, and she’s been on Kohaku since 2011, but I have glued to her song “long and short festival – This is Hell or Heaven” on Kohaku 2015! She was so cool. It was a fusion…
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Cool Japanese Music Vol2, Hoshino Gen
Kohaku Uta Gassen is a national show that airs on 12/31 every year in which selected singers gather together and sing in male and female groups. The viewer rating is usually around 50% in Japan. I’m going to be into two singers for the 2015 Red and White Year-end show. One of them was Gen…
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Cool Japanese Music Vol 1 : Sekai No Owari (End of the world)
I haven’t listened to many Japanese songs since I came to the U.S., but I do watch the annual Kohaku Uta Gassen at the end of the year. I thought, “This is it!” Sekainoowari appeared for the first time in 2014. The song “Dragon Night” was so good that I listened to all the other…
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All I want for Christmas is~
It’s December. It’s Shiwasu., which means A monk runs around because it’s so busy. Are you busy? Christmas songs are ringing out these days. This season was fun when I was a kid and young, but now that I’m an adult, not so fun. Why is it that I don’t have many memories of Christmas…
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A New Year’s Eve Retrospective of the 18 Ticket Journey
Youth 18 tickets – all you can ride a local train I don’t remember what year it was again, but a few years after I started working, a friend from junior college asked me if I wanted to go to Hokuriku using the Youth-18 Ticket. My friend became friends with two railroad enthusiasts (boys) at…