C.C.'s Blog

Ninja do exist...

2008-06-08T06:05:37Z

I just stumbled across this today: "Japanese woman caught living in man's closetTOKYO - A homeless woman who sneaked into a man's house and lived undetected in his closet for a year was arrested in Japan after he became suspicious when food myst...

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Anna Tsuchiya - Crazy World ft. Ai

2008-05-16T01:40:41Z

I was very excited when I saw this new video pop up on the search! I discovered Anna Tsuchiya with her single Cocoon, and as it happens she also did the music for the NANA anime series. Fabulous artist, who sings mostly in English with a rather de...

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Some fans disgust me. Yamashita's visit to Korea

2008-04-10T01:25:31Z

I am disgusted. Completely, utterly, disgusted. For those unawares, Yamashita Tomohisa, a Japanese idol, apparently took a visit to Korea wherein he was mobbed by fans at the airport [somebody must have let that leak]. It was foolish for him to...

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The Forbidden Kingdom Trailer

2008-04-09T19:22:51Z

The announcer's lines make the whole thing seem kind of corny, but if you ignore that the movie looks like it will be a real joy ride.

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Cherry Blossom Season!

2008-03-30T20:08:26Z

In Japan, a major symbol of the Spring season is the blooming of the Sakura--what we call Cherry Blossoms in English. In 1912 Japan gave the United States 3,000 cherry blossom trees to celebrate their growing relationship. In 1965, they gave ...

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Paper Airplane to Fly Space to Earth [Japan]

2008-03-27T23:17:17Z

I was e-mailed a really interesting article yesterday about a couple of Japanese scientists who intend to conduct a new space experiment. They intend to see if they can manage to send a paper airplane to earth from space. Even if the plane doesn'...

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One Pound Gospel | 一ポンドの福音

2008-03-22T19:30:52Z

I finished watching this Japanese drama with a friend last weekend. What started out as something relatively interesting slipped into boredom by the middle of the series. By far, the most interesting episode was definitely the one concerning Ya...

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"Ai Nante" - Tegoshi Yuya, Nishikido Ryo, Kato Shigeaki

2008-02-16T01:29:21Z

I’ve discovered that every time I drink even a few sips of Minute Maid Apple Juice it makes my heart beat really quickly. I’m thinking of putting this on my Banned Food list. It’s kind of funny because I don’t remember having this problem with an...

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Little-Known Jpop Artists #3

2008-02-07T22:11:58Z

About a month ago I came across Japanese singer Anna Tsuchiya through an add on Jpop Asia. I was very surprised to discover that all her songs are sung in English [and quite well I might add] despite the fact that she is a Japanese citizen and is...

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Celine Dion & Yuna Ito Collaborate

2007-12-09T23:10:38Z

I was essentially stoked to learn, a couple weeks ago, that Jpop artist Yuna Ito, who first made her debut back in 2005 with her single, “Endless Story“, and supporting role as Reira in the movie adaption of NANA, would be doing a collaboration...

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