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I’m not sure what it takes to be a “danger hunter”, but I found this video over at JapanProbe and had to share it here. I love thrill rides, let me say that clearly. I love roller coasters, I love those twisty mechanical things that spin, whirl and toss you around. They’re fun, and they’re thrilling. This, however, is just too much for me. As the JapanProbe post explains, a ‘danger hunter’ visited the St...

I swear this isn’t a Lady Gaga blog, but she keeps doing things that involve Japan, so…. The picture up top is a traditional cover of Vogue Magazine, featuring Madonna on the cover. The new issue of Vogue Japan, however, is a bit more…colorful. Click here to see it if you want, but be warned there’s a lot of…read meat. Yes, RED MEAT on the cover. The new issue features a cover image of Lady Gaga posing in a bikini m...

Yoko Ono, the Japanese musician/artist/peace activist/Beatle widow announced last week that she’s putting on an elaborate, star-studded We Are Plastic Ono Band show at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on October 1 and 2nd. I guess there’s so much going on that it had to be split into two days. Lady Gaga just signed on to be one of the performers on October 2nd, so all you GagaHeads should take note. Here’s a big list of all ...

Hey guys, looking for a distraction for like ten to thirty minutes? This will do pretty well. It’s a program that mashes together pokemon characters into cute or creepy new characters! Take your favorites and mash em together! Here’s my charmander and squirtle mash-up, the technical term for this character is a Squirtmander! AWWWWWWW! a2a_config.linkname="This is fun, you should try it:"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://kawaiikakkoiis...

Dir en grey, to those who are not familiar with the name, are a Japanese metal band that had originally been known as an indie 90′s v-kei band La:Sadie’s. After Kisaki’s departure from La:Sadie’s in 1997, the band broke up, regrouped, and renamed itself Dir en grey, after the 1993 Lareine song. Toshiya replaced Kisaki on bass; the rest of the lineup remained the same. The rest of the lineup is Kyo (vocal), Kaoru (guitar), ...

So our friend Nex just sent this video over of her friend Alan Jr, a rapper from Southern California who is living in Togoshi-Ginza. Alan is just an awesome guy who is lovin life and sharing that love with everyone around him! His rap style is comedy-rap, and he describes his sounds as a mix between Insane Clown Posse and the Japanese band Rize. Alan became infatuated with Japanese culture in his first year of college when he found his now favori...

This is an odd little story. This big old fish, the Asian Sheepshead Wrasse, has been spotted off the coast of Japan. That’s nothing surprising, as the fish is common to the area. What isn’t so common, though, is how this fish supposedly resembles the animated movie character Shrek.  Check out the video: Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy I….just don’t see the resemblance. To me, t...

What is a “virtual vacation”? Well, thanks to the company LovePlus+, single men in Japan (and from wherever) can take a romantic vacation to the town of Atami, formerly a popular destination for honeymooners….but they don’t necessarily have to have a real-life date. As this article describes, The men are real. The girls are cartoon characters on a screen. The trips are actual, can be expensive and aim to re-create the vir...

Do you ever wonder what your role is in the music community is, as a fan, or possibly as a musician? You have more power and influence that you may realize. Everyone knows that you “vote with your dollar”, and that supporting your favorite bands includes the basics–buying CDs and iTunes downloads, merchandise, and attending shows. More passionate fans involve themselves in the industry, joining street teams, volunteering to supp...

Photo from LA Weekly Blog This past weekend was the Power Morphicon, the fan convention for Power Ranger enthusiasts…be they fans of the original series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers or any of the numerous spinoff series that are still actually on television. Growing up, I was ADDICTED to Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, watching it every single day and tirelessly wanting more. Yeah, I was obsessed. The show, which was originally based on a Jap...

Hey guys, so me and my husband finally found out what purikuras are this weekend! We attended the Aloha Galifornia party at Kira Kira in the City of Industry put on by Tune in Tokyo and were very impressed with the fashions displayed and the high-tech photo booths they had to offer! If you’ve never seen one before, purikura is a mix between a photo booth and a video game. These are not the regular Knotts Berry Farm booths we are talking a...

With its 4-1 victory over Hawaii in the Championship game, Japan won the Little League World Series on Sunday. The Japanese team, a solid unit with stellar pitching and defense, held the kids from Hawaii to only a few singles and one run, easily dispatching them for the title. This recap from Yahoo! Sports tells the story, as The All-Star team from Tokyo’s Edogawa Minami Little League became the first international squad to take the crown sinc...

This kid has been an internet phenomenon for a while now, apparently he was on Ellen a while back? Anyway, this is new AND awesome. At the recent Ozzfest ’10 tour, Ozzy himself had Yuto come onstage during “Crazy Train”. Wow. This kid looks stoked, and maybe a little nervous. But he freaking nails it and shreds so hard core! And, to top it all off, Ozzy lifts the kid on his shoulders while he is playing, just like he used to do...

This is an interesting manga comic that is in the middle of being translated at the moment. It’s astro boy teaching the ‘legend’ of John Lennon. It’s funny how his life is being told is such a fantastical way, but  it’s interesting nontheless. Here are a few example pages: Check out the rest here! a2a_config.linkname="Astro Boy John Lennon Manga"; a2a_config.linkurl="http://kawaiikakkoiisugoi.com/?p=4124"; a2a....