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Akiko Shikata time!

2011-05-21T22:15:00.000-07:00

Hello.. Long time no see fellas! ^.^

Hmm.. have you ever play "Ar Tonelico"? or may be have you ever heard about it?
you know? i love this game because its soundtrack.

and it's Akiko Shikata the one who composed most of Ar Tonelico's soundtrack.

Akiko Shikat was born in tokyo, january 7.
She is the japanese singer-songwriter and composser. She is well known for her contribution to the Ar Tonelico, Shadows Heart, and Umineko no Naku Koro ni Game. Shikata's songs commonly takes a darkwave genre, ethnic, and new age with complex of vocal chorus work and complex of lyrics language.
in one sample her song there might be as many as 200 seperate vocal tracks recorded.

She likes a music when she were very little. One of many songs in Minna no Uta successfully got hers attention.

In 2001 she formed the independent label named as Vagrancy and associated with dōjin music scene that makes independent music game releases.
at the first time she had no intention to sing, but she felt dissatisfied with creating song only from synthesizer.

after years passed, she released her debut EP called Midori no Mori de Nemuru Tori through her website and in the next few years she released many works through her site. Music Box is so dominating in her sounds.
She got top of the charts at Japanese independent music download site Muzie for 24 months because hers first full-length album Haikyo to Rakuen.
in the same year, she worked for the independent game "Hanakiso", her first major game related.

She held her first tour in 2004 and in 2005 she debuted as major label artist under the Hats Unlimited label.
Her association with the label led to Shikata working on many game soundtracks, such as Shadow Hearts: From the New World and Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia.

In 2006 her major second album, raka was released. single "Utau Oka (Harvest Tasya) successfully got Oricon album chart at ranking #34.

In 2007, Shikata became associated with the dōjin soft game Umineko no Naku Koro ni, releasing an EP featuring music from the game (including the eponymous theme song). This was her first top 30 release. In 2009, her third album Harmonia broke the top 20.

In 2009, Shikata made her first moves into singing for anime, with her first single "Katayoku no Tori" being used as the opening theme song for the anime adaptation of Umineko no Naku Koro ni. In 2010, her second single "Inori no Kanata" was used as the ending theme song for Tales of Symphonia (Tethe'alla Version).

Discography

Main article: Akiko Shikata discography
[edit]Studio albums
2001: Midori no Mori de Nemuru Tori (EP)
2003: Haikyo to Rakuen
2005: Navigatoria
2006: Raka
2009: Harmonia
[edit]Soundtrack albums
2003: Hanakisō Sound Tracks
2008: Umineko no Naku Koro ni (EP)
[edit]Compilation albums
2007: Istoria: Musa
2008: Kara*Cola: Hymmnos Orgel Collection
2010: Utau Oka: Ar=ciel Ar=dor
2011: Byakumu no Mayu ~Ricordando il Passato~
[edit]Instrumental albums
2002: Petit Fours (music box)
2003: Horizon Blue (music box)
2003: Kurenai (music box)
2004: Viridian (music box)
2005: Wisteria (music box)
2007: Kalliope: Piano Concert (piano)
2007: Hanakisō Koukyoukyoku (orchestra)
2009: Fluff: Orgel Arrange Mini Album (EP) (music box)
2010: Nijiiro Crayon: Orgel Arrange Mini Album (EP) (music box)
[edit]Singles
2009: Katayoku no Tori
2010: Inori no Kanata

refrence from: wikipedia.org

D'Ark Rose

2010-12-28T09:42:00.000-08:00

June 12, 2010, for the first time The Black Rose gathered and practiced with full members in Arlet Studio.

One day after that, dated on June 13, 2010
The Black Rose performed their first time show with full members in Mamarocker Event at Lissoi Cafe, Pasar Minggu-Jakarta Selatan. Indonesia. They are covering Singing in The Rain and Shout At The Devil songs who famoused by L'arc en Ciel and they are performed their first song named "Smile of The Sadness".

January, 2011 The Black Rose will change their name into D'Ark Rose.

The Black Rose born with the same spirit in music. SPIRIT AND FREE!!

PERFORMING EXPERIENCES:
June 13, 2010 Performed at Lissoi Cafe, Pasar Minggu, Indonesia. Performed Singing In The Rain - Larc en Ciel, Shout at The Devils - Larc en Ciel and Smile of The Sadness - The Black Rose.

July 25 2010, Performed as Featuring Band in L.A MUSIC JAPAN ROCK DAY, Cijantung Mal, Performing: Sunadokei - Larc en Ciel, Killing Me - larc en Ciel.

August 21, 2010, performed as Featuring Band in L'arcoustic together with L'arc en Ciel Fans Club Indonesia, Bekasi. Performing: Sunadokei - L'arc en Ciel, Smile of the Sadness - The Black Rose, Hitomi no Juunin - L'arc en Ciel and Alone en Lavida - L'arc en Ciel.

October 30, 2010, Natsu no Hi event who held by Psychology Faculty of Univ. Indonesia.
The Black Rose was performing Honey, Pretty Girl, and Shout at The Devil.

November 11 2010 at Charity Concert for Mentawai, Merapi and Wasior who held by Gunadarma Univ. Performing: Smile of The Sadness and Spirit Dream Inside.

November 19 2010 Performed as Featuring Band in J Indo Stay Awak Charity Concert.
Performing: Kuchidzuke (Seppun), Ibara no Namida, and I wish p'unk.

November 27 2010, performed as J Band Competition UNAS Bunka Matsuri. Performed Feeling Fine, Spirit Dream Inside and I wish - P'unk en Ciel

December 26 2010, performed as THE BEST BAND at K.O.I Japan Club's Festival Karawang (Karawang de Saisho no Matsuri), performed: As One, New World, Smile of The Sadness, Bravery, Feeling Fine and i wish 2007 - P'unk en Ciel.

Members:

From left to right:
- Ruka as Drummer
- Alloy as Guitarist
- Dhey as Vocal
- Kaze as bassist
- Korochi as Keyboardist

PHOTOS ON THE STAGE

For full information about this band, just click this out..

Websites:
- The Black Rose's page
- The Black Rose's group
- D'Ark Rose's Reverbnation
- Dhey's Youtube Channel

Nara Dreamland. The Abandoned park in Japan.

2010-08-04T05:12:00.001-07:00

"Nara Dreamland" is an abandoned recreational park in Nara, Japan. Built in 1961, and closed in 2006. this place went bankrupt due to competition with Disneyland and Universal Studios in Japan.

Entrance to the park is designed almost identically as Disneyland, including train station, Main Street, USA and familiar Sleeping Beauty Castle in the hub. This also has the type of mountain Matterhorn (Matterhorn Bobsleds type), and the skyway walk through it, and the Autopia ride-type and a monorail.

Update for now.. ^^

2010-07-15T19:15:00.001-07:00

Hoooooy Minnaaaaaaaaaaaaaa~

Long time no see.. hohoho.. ok whazzup everybody ? i hope you allrite.. :)

hmm.. it has been a long time i didn't write on this blog till i opened my email and suddenly i got a mail from paypal that told me i got $0,14 from this blog..

ureshii neeee~ XDD

Hmm.. Actually i’ve been busy with my univ. life till i choose a crazy idea in my life.. what's it ? oops.. sorry pal i can't tell you.. S.E.C.R.E.T ! lol

but one thing that i can tell you is.. MY PAGEVIEW IS DROWNING DRAMATICALY ! TT_TT

this means is i have to update my blog regularly… and that must be a hard work.. phew~

Thinking for a while.. what should i write to amuse you all..

oh yeah.. what if i write about Yui ! yes.. YUI !!

does anybody know about Yui ??

Yui was born at Fukuoka, Fukuoka prefecture, march 26 1987. She is female singer and song writer from Japan. 2 songs from several her songs has been became bleach’s closing OST which are “Life” and “Rolling Star”. Hers first album is “From Me to You”, that released at February 22/2006. Includes 13 song which 9 of them never be release before.

Yui’s Profile

Zodiac: Aries

Shio: Rabbit

Hobby: watching a movie, reading a book, playing badminton.

Height: 155 cm

Blood Group: AB

Favorite Place: Shingu Beach at Fukuoka.

Yui start to wrote her song since she was sat at Junior High School grade 3. Yui’s dream is wanna become a singer than she always bring her guitar wherever she goes. Yui started to practice singing, writing a song and playing guitar at Fukuoka.

She was playing her guitar and singing her song which named “Why me”. After that she was started to sing at Tenjin prefecture as her friend’s opening performance show.

At March 2004 , Yui was joined into “SD Audition” which held by Sony Music Japan. From 20.000 competitors, she was 10 of 20.000 competitors who be chosen. She was singing and playing her songs which are Why me", "It's happy line", dan "I know".

Yeah that’s all about Yui’s highlight.. and i think it’s enough for my blog update..

and see ya.. *actually i got sleepy so i’m sorry for all my mistakes..

refrence: wikipedia.org

free sms service!?

2010-01-16T14:00:00.001-08:00

If you have a plan to goes to India you might bring lot of money to survive there.. and you must bring a mobile phone to keep communicating between you and your family. But what if you just bring few of money? then you can't buy a credit to call or send a SMS to your family or your friends? don't worry.. there is a way if you want to search it! hahaha..

you can use free service provider to send a free SMS. There are 4 providers that provide you a free service. what is it? if you curious, you can find it on Free SMS in India - Indian Chat

2009-12-29T12:54:00.000-08:00

The advocate waits around a clipped unfortunate.

Type rest of the post here

LUNCH TIMES!! YEY! IT'S TIME TO EAT JAPANESE FOOD!!

2009-12-29T10:20:00.001-08:00

Hello all.. ^(^v^)^

Before New years eve come, i'll explain you about Japanese food recipes and how to make it!

here weeee.. goooooo~

1. Zoni Recipe

Zoni is Japanese mochi (rice cake) soup. It's a Japanese tradition to eat zoni on New Year's holiday. Ingredients for zoni vary region to region. Basically, zoni is seasoned with soy sauce in eastern Japan, and it's seasoned with shiromiso (white miso) in western Japan.

Ingredients:

4 cups dashi soup stock
4 blocks mochi (rice cake)
1/4 lb. boneless chicken thighs
2 inches carrot, cut into thin rectangles
4 shiitake mushrooms, stems removed and thinly sliced
3 inches negi, or leek, rinsed and diagonally sliced
1/4 lb. fresh spinach, boiled and cut into 2 inches
4 slices kamaboko or naruto (fish cakes)
1 tbsp sake
1 tbsp soysauce
1/2 tsp sugar

Preparation:

Cut chicken thighs into small pieces. Put dashi soup stock, chicken, carrot, and shiitake in a medium pot and bring to a boil. Skim off any foam or impurities that rise to the surface. Turn down the heat to low. Add sake, sugar, and soy sauce in the soup. Simmer for a few minutes. Meanwhile grill mochi in the oven until softened. Add grilled mochi, kamaboko or naruto, and negi slices in the soup.

Makes 4 servings

taken from: http://japanesefood.about.com/od/mochi/r/zoni.htm

2. Onigiri

Onigiri is a rice that filled with anything you like (but usualy filled with fish raw or half boiled fish and vegetables) and it covered by seaweed.

Ingredients:

Rice (it’s up 2 you how much rice do you need)
Seaweed
Jelly Powder (to make rice more delicious, but it is not must)
Fish raw
Vegetables (as you want, so if you don’t like it, don’t use it)

Preparation:

Insert rice to a rice cooker and insert jelly powder into it, after it done pull out the rice from rice cooker and now let it cool for a while and now it’s time to make a content. first cut fish raw and make it slice. After that it’s up to you to make it fried or half boiled or keep it. it same thing with vegetables but for vegetables wash it first to make it clean. or you can make it with shredded meat that has been boiled and fried an you can mix it with vegetables.

well.. it’s time to mix meat and vegetables to put into rice. Take some rice and take some content that has been you made and put the content onto rice. and take some rice again and put it onto content and rub it and make a triangle form like the picture above. and the final step is cut the seaweed and make it rectangle and cover the rice at the edge of the rice. And done!! you can make it more cooler with decorate it like the picture above.

3. Sushi

Before You Start Making Sushi

1. Nigiri-zushi are bundles of rice, topped with wasabi and fish. Once served, nigiri should be taken by the fingers and dipped fish-side only into soy sauce.
2.Sashimi is simply raw fish, sliced thinly, served without rice.
- Sashimi can consist of salmon, squid, or other fresh seafood.
- Martha Stewart's website has a simple recipe for Sashimi Salad made with fresh tuna.
3. Chirashi-zushi is prepared in a bowl, with several different kinds of fish and vegetables mixed in with rice. It can almost be described as a sushi salad. Check out this helpful step-by-step from East Sea Road on how to prepare Chirashi-zushi
Oshizushi literally means "pressed sushi". It is made by layering the ingredients on top of rice in a wooden mold, known as an Oshizushi-Bako.
- Sushi Day has a helpful post on How to make Oshizushi
- Oshizushi Boxes are available from Amazon.com
Maki-zushi is rice and seafood, rolled up in nori seaweed. This is the most popular variety of sushi in America, and it is what we will be making in the steps below.

Ingredients:

1. Sushi or Sashimi-Grade Fish

Despite popular belief, there is no official definition for the term "sushi-grade". The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not determine safety standards for raw fish.
In order for seafood to be safe for consumption in sushi, it must be frozen at under -4°F for a significant enough time to have killed any parasites.
Although many markets are starting to carry Sashimi-grade fish, you should not assume that all fish from your local market has gone through the necessary steps to destroy parasites. Do not assume that fish is safe to eat raw unless it is clearly labeled as "Sashimi-Grade"

2. Two vegetables or other fillings

Vegetables are your best opportunity for creativity when making sushi.
Some popular fillings include cucumber, avocado, carrots andasparagus.

3. Short-Grained Rice

Typical long-grained rice used in many American dishes will not work for your sushi, as it will not take on the necessary, sticky consistency.

4. Rice Vinegar

For best results, use only Japanese rice vinegar.
There are several varieties of seasoned rice vinegar, often made withsake, that can be used if desired.
Check out this blog post from The Perfect Pantry for a helpful overview of Japanese rice vinegars.

5. Nori

Nori is a thin sheet of seaweed, ideal for rolling sushi. Nori can be ordered online through igourmet, Amazon.com, or purchased at Asian specialty stores.

6. Ginger Root

The ginger served alongside sushi is pickled and sliced thinly. This is called "Gari".
You can buy pre-made gari, or make it yourself from using rice vinegar, sugar, and ginger root.
Gari should be eaten between sushi courses to cleanse the palate. See the section below on making fresh gari.

Wasabi
- Wasabi plants naturally grow only in certain river valleys of Japan. For this reason, buying fresh wasabi root can be quite expensive. In fact, there is a good chance that you have never tried real wasabi. The "wasabi" served typically at sushi restaurants is actually an imitation product made of horseradish and mustard seed.
- Fresh Wasabi Rhizomes can be purchased online from Real Wasabi and Pacific Farms USA.
- The section below on making wasabi covers both versions of this food.
Soy Sauce
- Any common brand of soy sauce will work fine for your sushi.
- Remember, do not pour the soy sauce over the sushi, and only dip it "fish-side-up".

You will also need the following accessories:

Sharp Knife
- Any standard kitchen knife, kept sharp, will do, though you may want to get a special sushi knife. They can be purchased at any kitchen accessories store, or you can find them online at Amazon.com or compare prices through NexTag.
Bamboo Mat
- Bamboo Mats are placed under your sushi and make it easier to roll. They can be purchased as part of a "sushi kit", which may also contain chopsticks, rice molds, and "how-to" books.
- Amazon.com has a wide variety of sushi kits.

Making Sushi Rice

Prepare the rice vinegar by heating it with sugar and salt until they are dissolved.
Rinse the rice in cold water for several minutes.
Steam in a rice cooker.
One can alternately bring water to a boil, add the rice, then cook over very low heat until the water is evaporated. This will leave the rice sticky and perfect for spreading on your nori.
Either use the rice soon after preparing it, or cover it with a damp cloth to keep it moist.
Do not refrigerate the cooked rice.

well.. it’s enough for now.. maybe next time i’ll add others Japanese Food Recipes so don’t go anywhere only at Japan’s Media.

Parenting Classes – Help for High Conflict Divorce and Custody [Review]

2009-12-27T11:57:00.001-08:00

Since there is nothing to do so i wanna write about Parenting Classes, ok, first impression when i opened this site is this site is teach or give us solution to face something when you are in conflict situation. Then ii continued to read that site and wow i amazed, because this site is very useful for me since there are many solution that you will get if you become their member..! ex: if you have a girl or boyfriend and you got conflict because something and you dont know what to do.. i suggest you to become their member. somehow you will find some way to finish your problem. But hey.. this is not only for a couple, this can helpful for those parents that have some problem with their children. And here.. maybe you guys will find an another way to finish this off.

And you know.. i write this because there are 2 reasons:

1. For review

2. Because there are lot a fool people that killed their self just because they can not solve their problem.

oh yeah i almost forget.. They sell ebook that will help you to solve your problem. Yeah to make your life better.. Just open it => Parenting Classes

Hiragana!? Katakana!? Kanji!?

2009-11-27T07:06:00.001-08:00

Hai.. Minnaaaa saaaaan~ hohoho..

Wew.. after 5 months passed after i wrote about Gakuran and Seifuku i never write on this blog again.. haha..

Ok.. Now Japan's dia will took the topic about letter in japanese..

Well.. in Japan there are 3 kind of letters.. There are Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji.. Actualy there are 4 but since the last one is romaji or same as alphabet so its doesn't count in..

and don't ever think to read those letters like you read the alphabet coz it's so different.. why i said so? well in Alphabet.. if you see "A" than you will read it as "A".. but in japanes isn't like that.. well.. let it started from...

1. Hiragana

see? in 1 letter there are 2 alphabets.. if you look carefully there are letters that sound as tchi and shi etc.. and if you ask me why, sorry.. i dunno for this but what i can explain to you is you can;t find “R” in any Japanese’s Letter coz Japanese people its self can’t say “R” perfectly. But nowadays as the time goes by many Japanese artist even citizen can say “R”.

2. Katakana

Same like Hiragana.. so what is the difference? ok.. the function that made it different.. Hiragana can be used if you wanna write a thing that come from Japanese word. like Mizu (Water), Yuki (Snow), etc.

And Katakana can be used if you wanna write a thing that come from outside Japanese Word. Like Pensiru (Pencil), Saberu (Saber), Terebi (TV), etc. and one last thing is…

3. Kanji

Sorry for you guys.. I can’t show you a Kanji’s chart coz there are so many Kanji’s and i can’t explain to you at all. But i can explain to you what is Kanji. Kanji is Japanese original letter. If Hiragana and Katakana included 2 Alphabets combined become 1 and now Kanji is 1 word in alphabet that changed become 1 letter. ex: Love in Japan is Ai and in Kanji written as . And there are a hundred or even more Kanji. So it’s impossible to upload it.

And the unique fact about Kanji is there are many Japanese people that still unknown about Kanji. So it’s no problem if you wanna goes there but you are stll neglect about Kanji. It’s not big deal.

Gakuran and seifuku

2009-07-08T00:09:00.001-07:00

Konichiwa minnaaaaaa…

now i’ll post about japanese high school uniform. For boys called by gakuran (学らん?) and for girls called it by seifuku (制服).

The Gakuran usualy used by midle school and high school student. Normally black but there are some schools that choose their own color for their gakuran.

Buttons Usualy decorated with their school logo or emblem to show respect for their school. There is urban "tradition" for boys to give the 2nd button to someone that he love. but it isn't must.

In traditional. gakuran used along with a cap but it less used in modern time.

for common school boys may wear trousers about the hips, omit ties, or keep their shirts unbuttoned.

The Seifuku (セーラー服, sērā-fuku^?) is a common style of uniform worn by female middle school and high school students, and occasionally, elementary school students.

Much like the male uniform, the gakuran, the sailor outfit bears a similarity to various military styled navall uniforms. The uniform generally consists of a blouse attached with a sailor-style collar and a pleated skirt. There are seasonal variations for summer and winter: sleeve length and fabric are adjusted accordingly. A ribbon is tied in the front and laced through a loop attached to the blouse. Several variations on the ribbon include nneckties, bolo ties, neckerchiefs, and bows. Common colors are navy blue, white, grey, light green and black.

Shoes, socks, and other accessories are sometimes included as part of the uniform. These socks are typically navy or white. The shoes are typically brown or black penny loafers. Although not part of the prescribed uniform, alternate forms of legwear (such as loose socks, knee-length stockings, or similar) are also commonly matched by more fashionable girls with their sailor outfits.

well.. that’s all about Gakuran and Seifuku. see you next post.. ^^

The Sapporo Dome, The unique dome in Sapporo-Japan.

2009-06-30T20:23:00.000-07:00

The Sapporo Dome (札幌ドーム, Sapporo Dōmu?) is a stadium located in Toyohira-ku, sapporo,Japan, and is primarily used for baseball and football. It is the home field of the baseball team Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the football club Consadole Sapporo.
Tha Sapporo Dome opened in 2001 and has 41,580 seats. This stadium hosted 3 games during the FIFA World Cup 2002, Germany vs Saudi Arabia, Argentina vs England and Italy vs Ecuador; all three matches were in the first round.

The Dome hosted the opening ceremonies to the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships on February 22 and hosted the closing ceremonies of the championships on March 4. It also made history as being the first venue where both indoor and nighttime skiing events took place for the first time on a world championship or Winter Olympic Games level with competitions in the cross country skiing sprints (men's and women's individual, and men's and women's team) and the cross country portion of the 7.5 km sprint event in the nordic combined. In order to generate snow, the stadium used its turf conversion hovering system to facilitate the snow making process for the skiing competitions.

The Dome is interesting in that it switches between two entirely different surfaces. Baseball games are played on an artificial turf field, while football games are held on a grass pitch that slides into and out of the stadium as needed. Some other stadiums that feature sliding pitches include the Gelredome in the Netherlands, Veltins-Arena in Germany and University of Phoenix Stadium in the United States; however, unlike these three facilities, the Sapporo Dome has a fixed roof.

Conversion from baseball to football begins with the storage of the baseball field's artificial turf. Once finished, a set of lower bowl bleachers rotate from an angled position for baseball to a parallel position. A set of main bowl seats on one end of the dome then retracts, and the football pitch is slid into the stadium. The lower bowl is then rotated 90 degrees. Conversion from football to baseball occurs in reverse.

Break for a while

2009-02-12T05:45:00.000-08:00

With this, i just announce the Japan's Media will break for a while due to the owner has been busy lately.

Thank you for your attention.

Japans's Media Owner.

An Cafe

2009-01-02T11:49:00.000-08:00

An Cafe (or Antic Cafe) (アンティック－珈琲店－（カフェ）, Antikku Koohiiten?) is a Japanese pop/rock band formed in 2003 and signed to the independent label Loop Ash. They have been described as a oshare kei band, a subset of visual kei.[1][2] As of 2008, the group has released three full-length albums.

Here are lists of their member:

* Miku – vocals

Birthday: January 5th (It's strawberry day!)
Bloodtype: A
Hobbies: Cooking, guitar, shopping, bathing

Food you like: Ramen, steak, sushi, Hiroshimayaki, tondon
Brands you like: LHP, JACKROSE, BLGALI, Justine Davies, ROYALORDER
Colors you like: Black, White, red, gold, silver

Cigarettes: Pianissimo 1mg
Perfume: QUASAR
Shampoo: Kur for colored hair
Piercings: four*

Message: It's nyappy o(≧∀≦)o Miku. I always recieve energy from the cafekkos. Thank you. ☆
I also want to become someone who gives energy to the cafekkos. Let's come to have a king-like life together.

* Miku used to list his piercings as: left ear-6, right ear-3, mouth-2

* Takuya – guitar (since 2007)

Birthday: February 9th
Bloodtype: A
Hobbies: Baths

Food you like: Fruits
Brands you like: Gibson
Colors you like: White, black, red

Cigarettes: I'm a minor
Perfume: Nothing in particular
Shampoo: Lux
Piercings: none

Message: Nice to meet you. I'm someone you can't rely on quite yet, but I will do my best with all my might so please support me.

* Kanon – bass

Birthday: July 5th
Bloodtype: O
Hobbies: Walking in Aki__bara*, walking in Naka__

Food you like: Chicken ramen
Brands you like: Vivienne Westwood, Kadokawa, Kodansha, Shueisha
Colors you like: Black, purple, gold, silver

Cigarettes: Castor Mild
Perfume: CK-one
Shampoo: Fino
Piercings: one

Message: Can I quietly make my counterattack?
The kind of technique I'll use...that's secret information. (Ha)

*I know he likes Akiba. I saw him there. ^^

* Teruki – drums

Birthday: December 8th, Sagittarius
Bloodtype: A
Hobbies: Reminiscing while listening to music

Food you like: There are a lot
Brands you like: Pearl, PAISTE
Colors you like: The sea in Okinawa, emerald green

Cigarettes: I don't smoke. I hate them.
Perfume: There are a few refreshing kinds with the image of the feeling of a gentle breeze on a sunny summer day
Shampoo: LUX
Piercings: left ear-8, right ear-8*

Message: Life is full of various things, but if it rots, it's a waste. Because I will be doing my best too, you also should do your best.

*He used to list the following piercing also: nose-1, mouth-4, belly button-1, nipple-1, and left ear was 9

* Yuuki – keyboard (since 2007)

Birthday: August 29th
Bloodtype: ?
Hobbies: Collecting watches, seeing the puppy at the pet shop in Roppongi on the way home from a club

Food you like: Sweet food, spicy food, sour food
Brands you like: D&G, BLGALI, ROLEX
Colors you like: Gold, black, silver

Cigarettes: ROSE
Perfume: Febreze
Shampoo: Vidal Sassoon
Piercings: one

Message: Hajikemashite* and hello. I'm Yuuki ☆ My appearance is like this, but I have a hot heart that loves An Cafe! I'm still inexperienced, but I won't lose to anyone in determination. Because I'll be doing my best, take care of me!!

* Bou – guitar (2003–2007)

Birthday: September 16th, Virgo
Bloodtype: O
Family: Dad, Mom, older sister
Hobbies: Sleeping

Food you like: Pork rice, rare cheesecake, Japanese style pasta
Brands you like: Paul Smith
Colors you like: Black, gold

Cigarettes: puff, puff
Perfume: It's a Bou original....
Shampoo: It's gold radiance!
Piercings: left ear-1

What you're thinking about recently: The roots of my blond hair....
Goal for this year: Meow, meow.

Albums and EPs

* Amedama Rock (February 23, 2005)
* Shikisai Moment (November 9, 2005)
* Magnya Carta (November 29, 2006)
* Gokutama Rock Cafe (April 9, 2008)
* Ko Akuma Usagi no Koibumi to Machine Gun (29 October 2008)

Singles

* "Candyholic" (March 24, 2004)
* "√69" (June 6, 2004)
* "Komou Cosmos" (November 24, 2004)
* "Karakuri Hitei" (March 30, 2005)
* "Tekesuta Kousen" (July 20, 2005)
* "Escapism" (August 24, 2005)
* "Merrymaking" (September 21, 2005)
* "10’s Collection March" (March 1, 2006)
* "Bonds ~Kizuna~" (May 17, 2006)
* "Smile Ichiban Ii Onna " (September 20, 2006)
* "Snow Scene" (October 18, 2006)
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2008-12-18T07:26:00.001-08:00

Soro-soro minna san konichiwa.... genki desuka??? hahaha....
*All.. Good morning... how are you? hahaha...

Maybe some of you may asked why i made this post so late?
hahaha... sorry for that, i'm so late to recognize this page is important. hahaha... i'm newbie, you know? so don't expect me to much... ok?!

hmm... as you can see my title here is Japan's Media. So what will we talking here is absolutely about japan! like culuture, music, art, or anything... you can find your Japanese needs here...
Japan's Media is kind of online news paper. Here, feel free if you wanna send some idea or article or anything you like, but its not goes out from japan tough.

well.. in the i just wanna say thanks for visiting my blog, and enjoy...

regards

Sadame Korochi

L`arc en Ciel

2008-12-16T03:55:00.000-08:00

L`arc en Ciel or often called Laruku started their carrier as visual kei band and formed in Osaka 1991. after a several time has passed their style is not become style anymore, but its changed to mainstream in japan.
They were made many albums before and take many genre like rock, ballad, etc. So it's no surprised if they became top band in japan.
The group has sold over 13 million albums, 16 million singles, and millions of other units, such as videos.

Laruku is formed by tetsu on bass, Hide on vocal, Hiro on guitar, Pero on drum. L`arc en Ceil if translated which means elips or bow in the sky, chosen by Tetsu after watch some movie.
In 1992, Ken, Tetsu childhood friends were out from university and joined to replace Hiro on guitar. In December at the same year Pero was out. So Tetsu asked Sakura to join after he saw Sakura's performance. even he's not know much about him. After he saw Laruku's performance he decided to join in 1993. They were ranked at number 58, in a list of Japan's top 100 pop musicians, provided by HMV in 2003. Their first album Dune was became first rank in Orion Chart Indies and success to steal of major label attentions.

In 1994, they signed a contract with Ki/oon from sony and released their second albums, Tierra, Heavenly in 1995, and 1996 signed with True, the first albums who sold out in billion copies.

In first 1997, Sakura was arrested because drugs claim and officially sign out in October 4th. After the news about Sakura was out, many Laruku's albums was drowned from CD case and the "The Fourth Avenue Cafe" releasing was being pend.
But it wasn't mean Laruku's popularity os gone, their song's kept stay in song chart for 2 years.

For several years this band is in unsure condition to recover their problem due to Sakura's drug claim. while recovering they made band named as The Zombie and covering their song and some Nirvana's song.

Officially, they back with held a concert named Reincarnation ’97 . And in this concert, Yukihiro play for the first time and performed as new drummer in this band. Tough he is just wrote as support member in their first albums after Sakura was out.

Album List:
1 . DUNE [Limited Edition]
Shutting from the Sky
Voice
Taste of Love
Ushinawareta Nagame (失われた眺め)
Floods of Tears
10 April 1993

2. Tierra
In the Air
All Dead
Blame
Hitomi ni Utsuru Mono (瞳に映るもの)
14 Juli 1994

3. Heavenly
Still I'm with You
Vivid Color
C'est la Vie
Blurry Eyes
1 September 1995

4. True
Fare Well
Kaze ni Kienaide (風にきえないで )
Flower
I Wish
12 Desember 1996

5. Heart
Winter Fall
Shout at the Devil
Milky Way
Anata(あなた)
25 Februari 1998

6. Ark
Forbidden Lover
Heaven's Drive
Driver’s High
Shinjitsu to Gensou To (真実と幻想と)
1 Juli 1999

7. Ray
Shi no Hai (死の灰)
It's the End
Sell my Soul
L'Heure
1 Juli 1999

8. Real
Get out from the Shell
Dive To Blue
Route 666
All Year Around Falling in Love
30 Agustus 2000

9. Smile
Ready Steady Go
Lover Boy
Feeling Fine
Hitomi no Jyuunin
31 Maret 2004

10. Awake
New World
Jojoushi (叙情詩)
Jiyuu e no Shoutai (自由への招待)
Twinkle Twinkle
22 Juni 2005

11. Kiss
Seventh Heaven
Pretty Girl
My heart draws a dream
Sunadokei(砂時計)
Hurry Xmas
21 November 2007

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Tanabata Festival

2008-11-20T03:36:00.000-08:00

Tanabata (七夕, tanabata?), meaning "Evening of the seventh") is a Japanese star festival, derived from the Chinese star festival, Qi Xi (七夕 "The Night of Sevens")．

It celebrates the meeting of Orihime (Vega) and Hikoboshi (Altair). The Milky Way, a river made from stars that crosses the sky, separates these lovers, and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the lunisolar calendar. Since the stars come out at night, the celebration is held at night.

The festival originated from The Festival to Plead for Skills (乞巧奠; きっこうでん), an alternative name for Qi Xi, which was celebrated in China and also was adopted in the Kyoto Imperial Palace from the Heian Period. The festival spread to the general public by the early Edo period, became mixed with various Obon or Bon (盆）traditions (because the Bon was held on 15th of the seventh month then), and developed into the modern Tanabata festival. In the Edo period, girls wished for better sewing and craftsmanship, and boys wished for better handwriting by writing wishes on strips of paper. At this time, the custom was to use dew left on taro leaves to create the ink used to write wishes. Incidentally, the Bon is now held on the 15th of August on the solar calendar, close to its original date on the lunar calendar, making Tanabata and Bon as further separate events.

The name Tanabata is remotely related to the Japanese reading of the Chinese letters 七夕, which used to be read as "Shichiseki" (しちせき). It is believed that a Shinto purification ceremony existed around the same time, in which a Shinto miko weaved a special cloth on a special weaver called Tanabata 棚機 (たなばた) near waters and offered it to a god to pray for protection of rice crops from rain or storm and for good harvest later in autumn. Gradually this ceremony merged with 乞巧奠（きっこうでん, (The Festival to Plead for Skills) and became Tanabata 七夕. Oddly the Chinese writing 七夕 and the Japanese reading Tanabata (たなばた) joined to mean the same festival, although originally they were two different things, an example of ateji.

Like Qi Xi and Chilseok, Tanabata was inspired by the famous Chinese folklore, The Princess and the Cowherd.

Orihime (織姫, Weaving Princess?) the daughter of the Tentei (天帝, Sky King, or the universe itself?) wove beautiful clothes by the bank of the Milky Way (天の川 Amanogawa). Her father loved the cloth that she wove and so she worked very hard every day to weave it. However, she was sad that because of her hard work she could never meet and fall in love with anyone. Concerned about his daughter, Tentei arranged for her to meet Hikoboshi (彦星, Cow Herder Star?) sometimes called Kengyuu (牽牛, Chinese name of Hikoboshi?) who lived and worked on the other side of the Amanogawa River (Milky Way). When the two met, they fell instantly in love with each other and were shortly married. However, once married, Orihime no longer would weave cloth for Tentei and Hikoboshi allowed his cows to stray all over Heaven. In anger, Tentei separated the two lovers across the Amanogawa River and forbade them to meet. Orihime became despondent at the loss of her husband and asked her father to let them meet again. Tentei was moved by his daughter’s tears and allowed the two to meet on the 7th day of the 7th month if Orihime worked hard and finished her weaving. The first time they tried to meet, however, they found that they could not cross the river because there was no bridge. Orihime cried so much that a flock of magpies came and promised to make a bridge with their wings so that she could cross the river. If it rains, the magpies cannot come and the two lovers must wait till next year.

The following variation of the story is known in China and Japan: A young farmer named Mikeran discovered on his farm a robe which, unbeknownst to him, belonged to a goddess named Tanabata. Soon after, Tanabata visited Mikeran and asked if he had found it. He lied and told the goddess that he hadn't but would help with her search. Eventually the pair fell in love, were wed and had many children. However, one day Tanabata noticed a piece of cloth which had once belonged to her robe on the roof of Mikeran's hut. His lie discovered, Tanabata agreed to forgive him on the condition that he weave a thousand pairs of straw shoes, but until that time, she would leave him. Mikeran was unable to weave the shoes in his lifetime and thus never met Tanabata again. However, it is said that the pair meet once a year when the stars Altair and Vega intersect.

In present-day Japan, people generally celebrate this day by writing wishes, sometimes in the form of poetry, on tanzaku (短冊, tanzaku?), small pieces of paper, and hanging them on bamboo, sometimes with other decorations. The bamboo and decorations are often set afloat on a river or burned after the festival, around midnight or on the next day. This resembles the custom of floating paper ships and candles on rivers during Obon. Many areas in Japan have their own Tanabata customs, which are mostly related to local Obon traditions. There is also a traditional Tanabata song:

Sasa no ha sara-sara (笹の葉　さらさら)
Nokiba ni yureru (軒端にゆれる　　)
Ohoshi-sama kira-kira (お星様　キラキラ)
Kin Gin sunago (金銀砂ご　　　　)

Translation:

The bamboo leaves rustle, rustle,
shaking away in the eaves.
The stars go twinkle, twinkle;
Gold and silver grains of sand.

Large-scale Tanabata festivals are held in many places in Japan, mainly along shopping malls and streets, which are decorated with large, colorful streamers. The most famous Tanabata festival is held in Sendai from August 5 to August 8. In the Kantō area, the biggest Tanabata festival is held in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa for a few days around July 7. A Tanabata festival is also held in São Paulo, Brazil around the first weekend of July.

Although Tanabata festivals vary from region to region, most festivals involve Tanabata decoration competitions. Other events may include parades and Miss Tanabata contests. Like other Japanese festivals, many outdoor stalls sell food, provide carnival games, etc., and add to the festive atmosphere.

Cosplay and Bunkasai

2008-11-20T02:11:00.000-08:00

Cosplay (コスプレ, kosupure), is a performance where the player try to outfit themselves with an unusual costume. The costume they were wore is usually applicable from manga or anime series like Naruto, Bleach, Inuyasha, etc.
But sometimes we will find some people try to wear costume as their favorite game, example : Persona 3, Kingdom Hearth, etc.

There are several cosplay category we will found at the event:
- Anime/manga: Where the player used anime/manga costume.

- Game: where the player used games character outfit.

- Tokusatsu: where the player used tokusatsu (action) character outfit like Ultraman, Kamen Rider, Spiderman etc.

- Gothic: where the player used dark nuance character, usually Lolita is included.

- Original: where the player use their own costume outfit, Harajuku style is included.

The place where the event held is named "BUNKASAI". but some people may called it as MATSURI. It's doesn't matters what we called it coz the meaning from bunkasai and matsuri are same.
There is many Japanese stand, like Takoyaki Stand, Japanese accessories, Cosplay equipment, etc.
Bunkasai used to held a japan music festival where the song is come from japan band and other japanese music its self.

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2008-11-16T09:14:00.000-08:00

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About me

2008-11-16T08:25:00.000-08:00

alone in your room for a long time isn't so nice like you think...

afraid to go outside and meet a new condition u can't imagine before..

alone... you just thinking you are nobody and think people dun care what have you did...

and that pain is more and more deep when you know you are alone...

and that pain won't stop till get his climax...

when you reach it you just think you are useless and think how can i escape from here, but unfortunately you know you can't escape from the reality...

but somehow you are save...

saved from the darkness where you had to live before..

till you know theme, you felt you are happy... just peace inside...

but you are realized, there is no thing such a immortal...

when you are realized, they gone and you wanna make it back..
but don't you think it is useless?? are you??

till someone said "you are not nobody, you are somebody"
yeah absolutely you own her now, and that had made you so happy...
and she said "you own full of me now.." and you did same...
and you won't make same mistake to make her lost from beside you..

but on 2nd thought, u want it all...

so are you so naive to think you can get both of them?? both of what you had thought??

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