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Best Friends

yonasu — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:17:31 +0000

Or perhaps brothers, twins even? Took this shot on my way back to Shibuya from Harajuku. Can’t see it? It’s the jeans^^

My guess would be that they were out shopping together, one of them found the jeans but hesitated on buying them, and then the other guy said something like “if you don’t buy them, I will”. That has happened more than a few times to me :P

5 Japanese Idol Fans to Follow on Twitter

yonasu — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:00:11 +0000

Unless you’re new here, you know that I’m a huge fan of idols, so quite obviously I’m following quite a few idol fans on Twitter. Here’s a select 5 who are worth a mention. And when you’re on it, also follow me!

@WotakuNow

Shirow, author of Wotaku Now! is what I would call a “down to earth wota”. He’s totally obsessed, but in a healthy way, if we don’t look at his British drinking habits of course. He shares a good amount of picspams and is always chatty, but maybe not the best person to follow if you’re easily offended (or if you’re a Mitsui Aika fan).

@ptom98

Tom has been blogging about idols since 2006 on one of the most well-known Hello! Project blogs there are, Hello!Blog. If you are a Hello! Project fan you’re most likely aware of his yearly polls where you make top lists of your favorite Hello! Project idols. He’s a very good and reliable source and always chatty on Twitter.

@MorningtimeBlog

Was nominated for the International Wota Awards 2009 as for Best Hello! Project blog, didn’t end up as one of the winners but is still a very good source and fun place to be for Hello! Project fans. He’s from the UK just like the two above, for some reason, that’s where the funny fans come from!

@lord_jagganath

Honestly I can’t say that I know much about this guy, except for what his Twitter bio says. What I can say is that he’s strong with the @reply and that he’s just a funny guy to follow, he loves dem idols.

@chibilolli

Perhaps one of the biggest Niigaki Risa fans ever, and it’s a girl, who’s also from the UK. She’s the author of omame.co.uk, which quite obviously is a Niigaki Risa fan blog. She’s well worth following, that’s for sure.

Perhaps some of the most talkative Japan/idol fans on Twitter.

Is probably an understatement, but you get the idea. You’re always going to have fun around these fellas, you should probably keep an eye on the people around you if you’re at work and can’t keep yourself from clicking on their links from time to time though^^

Shibuya Lights

yonasu — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:13 +0000

Oh how I miss the lights in Tokyo, neon lights are pretty much nonexistent here, except for inside the clubs.

I want to be back in Shibuya as soon as possible, just standing on the street looking up on the big monitors to get the latest J-pop news and seeing the wackiest commercials is a rather amazing feeling.

Masahiro Nakai has a Thing for Swedish Clothes

yonasu — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:26 +0000

I never expected to see much Swedish stuff in Japan, so I was positively surprised every time when I stumbled upon something with a Swedish flag on it (happened a few times). Even less expected is seeing famous people wearing Swedish clothes in dramas, like Masahiro Nakai (SMAP and co-host of Utaban) in Konkatsu!.

My guess would be that he didn’t chose these all by himself, but then again, if a Swedish stylist was involved, he/she would not put this on him^^ — Dalahästen?

“Dark Blue”

The third t-shirt is from Fjällräven though, which is a somewhat famous brand, even in Japan for those who are into… nature stuff.

Well I guess there’s some truth to “Swedes are everywhere”, even though we’re mostly in Thailand!^^

Japanese Stickers

yonasu — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:00:04 +0000

I decided to pick up some stickers to put on my MacBook and iPhone in Harajuku and Akihabara. But so far I’ve only put two “亀” (kame, turtle) stickers on them, and I think I’m gonna put a full body Eri Kamei sticker on my iPhone instead, so that leaves the MacBook, and I’m not sure where to start^^

I guess I could put them on something else too though, the “ero mode” sticker sounds relative to my external hard drive… xD

Wasabi Nuts

yonasu — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:43:30 +0000

I bought these wasabi nuts in Japan, didn’t open it until I got home. So far I’ve had two and given one to a friend… yeah, they’re not that good.

I expected them to taste better to be honest, but they’re definitely better than the tasteless crystal candies I bought at Daiso in Harajuku^^

Do you like wasabi nuts?

Yonasu’s 80’s J-POP Selections

yonasu — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:16 +0000

I’m crazy in love with old (70’s-90’s) Japanese music, actually not just Japanese music, I find myself listening to some good old Earth, Wind & Fire and Minnie Riperton songs now and then as well. I think it all started because of Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! and other Downtown shows where they tend to use older songs for background music.

Anyways, here’s a selection of 80’s J-Pop songs that I like!

Koizumi Kyoko – Adesugata Namida Musume

Off Course – Yes-No

Yoshizawa Akie – Naze? no Arashi

Toshihiko Tahara – Aishuu DATE ~NEW YORK CITY NIGHTS~

Junko Yagami – PURPLE TOWN

Akira Terao – Ruby no Yubiwa

Naoko Kawai – SMILE FOR ME

Imokin Trio – HIGH SCHOOL LULLABY

Yoshi Ikuzo – Ora Tokyo sa Iguda

Kuwana Masahiro – SEXUAL VIOLET No.1

Now it’s your turn to share some good J-pop 80’s! ;)

Takayuki Haranishi Gags

yonasu — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:44:22 +0000

Takayuki Haranishi from the comedy duo FUJIWARA doing his one-liner gags, all in a row. I saw a lot of him on TV when I was in Japan, he’s a really funny guy. Some of his gags are super lame, but a few of them are hilarious^^

Sora wo miro! Tori da! Hikouki da! Jya! Suupaaman da! Jya… Tori da.

Konnichiwa!! Oshiri deeesu!….. yo!

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IDOL WANTED

yonasu — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:45:44 +0000

I promise, this will be the last blog I will announce at least for a while… haha. IDOL WANTED is basically a Long Live Kameism blog but for all Japanese idols (not AV or gravure though). It’ll be a blend of lovely picspams, videos as well as fast and short news related to idols. With a total of 5 blogs in my blog network I’m finally able to release a proper amount of eye candy to actually please myself, haha.

You can navigate through the network by using the links in the sidebar (on all blogs). Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to all the blogs via RSS (see links below).

IDOL WANTED — URL: idol.yonasu.com — RSS Feed
LONG LIVE KAMEISM — URL: kameism.yonasu.com — RSS Feed
Higashi Fashion — URL: fashion.yonasu.com — RSS Feed
Yonasu’s Sweet World (Japanese) — URL: ja.yonasu.com — RSS Feed
yonasu.com (You’re here) — URL: yonasu.com — RSS Feed

So yeah, that’s really all I had to add today, so far… So enjoy!

Kirsten Dunst is Turning Japanese

yonasu — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:19:20 +0000

Kirsten Dunst teamed up with the famous Japanese artist Takashi Murakami and made a cover of Vapor’s “Turning Japanese”, and “Akihabara Majokko Princess” is the result.

So far it has mainly received bashing, so I guess I’m one of the few first ones to praise it. While “Piling cliché upon cliché” (CNNGo) is very much true, I think the video is freaking cool. Although, it feels more like something that would come out of a YouTube collaboration than a professional production. Some Japan YouTube vloggers and applemilk1988 instead of Kirsten Dunst and this would have been even more epic^^