Tune in Tokyo has become a regular hang out for the J-music fans in LA. Usually a dance/hip-hop DJ event, every once in awhile they have special hold special events with performing guests. August 19th was one of those events. The night started off with Nightmare For Robots and while the style seems like it could be interesting… it was really hard to tell since they had multiple problems with the in-house system. In fact, most shows that I ...

Hello Everyone, The end of the summer is proving to be a busy time for the Jrock and global pop scene in Los Angeles! I wanted to share with you information on upcoming events, including some of our own Tune in Tokyo shows! Nisei Week is underway in Little Tokyo. Today was the grand re-opening of the Japanese Village, complete with an amazing new fire lookout tower and a gorgeous re-deco of the building complex and shop facades. While out and ...

I’ve been thinking of topics to write about and well a few people mentioned to cover the various fashion  styles that are popular in Japan. So I thought since it was suggested why not. The fist style I am writing about is “Harajuku”. From what I can gather, Harujuku style is a collective of vaious fashion styles from the area around Harujuku train Station in Tokyo. The fashion which makes up the Harujuku style is always changi...

Kira Kira Photosticker Shop celebrates its first anniversary with “Aloha Gal-ifornia!”, hosted by the Diamond Gyaru-Sa. It’s going to be a great night of Gyaru-Kei fashion and J-Pop from Tune in Tokyo, at SoCal’s most stylish and elegant purikura boutique! Kira Kira features all of the newest purikura machines from Japan, features an in-house salon, and also sells lots of great fashion accessories! Diamond Gal Circle, pr...

Duel Jewel, one of the great pioneers of visual kei in America, best known for “Hanauta” one of the songs from One Piece anime, are back n hitting us with TWO mini-albums in the same year!! WILL, their last mini-album, came out on 3/17/2010. We are now informed by a sleek, revamped http://www.DuelJewel.jp that we should expect the second mini-album of the year to come flying at us on 09/22/2010. It will be entitled ZERO and it is unc...

Hello Everyone, At Tune in Tokyo, we are firm believers in the importance of visual branding for club events. We are fortunate to have worked with great artists to create the look for our flyers, mascots, and campaigns, and demonstrate that our events are both a destination for Japanese music, and fashion. We wanted to take an opportunity to tell you a little more about Tune in Tokyo artist Jettila Lewis, and perhaps provide a little inspirati...

The lines between J-Pop and K-Pop are increasingly being blurred. It’s no coincidence that the Tune in Tokyo sound is an amalgamation of Gobal Pop with an Asian flavor–we love to spin whatever is catchy and progressive, and any of our attendees will know that we love dance music from both Japan and Korea. Tune in Tokyo was founded as a J-Pop and J-Rock club event, and since our beginnings in earnest, our sound has expanded to reflect ...

Greetings from Tune in Tokyo! We’re back with additional updates on Japanese music and pop culture events in Los Angeles! First up, Anime Jungle & The Cure Shop welcomes a very special guest to Little Tokyo for Nisei Week! On August 14th and 15th, Anime Jungle welcomes legendary Japanese actor Daisuke Ban, the original Kikaida, for a special appearance and autograph signing in conjuncture with the Nisei Week parade. Come out to see this...

KESHIKI. The japanese pop-band KESHIKI will perform at the anime convention Sacanime in California, Sacramento, on September 3rd-5th. Other musicians to perform during the convention are Mari Iijima, akai SKY and Phoenix Ash. Zill. Something a great deal more gloomy is the news that Zill passed away. Zill was bassist in the visual band Moran. The circumstances concerning his death are still unknown, although one of his bandmates mentioned his hea...

Hello Everyone! We’re going to be sharing information on upcoming Tune in Tokyo events and the Jpop, Jrock and global pop scene a couple of times a week. We’re thrilled to be contributing to Kawaii Kakkoii Sugoi, and are getting ready for a busy August and September! Our next event is Sakura Bomb at 2nd Street Jazz! Jrock returns to Little Tokyo during Nisei Week with our band showcase featuring a great lineup of Japanese-flavored roc...

    Hello Friends! It’s almost my most favorite time a year for fashion, fall. Most people have a favorite season and mine just so happens to be around the corner. Fall has something for me that seems to be perfect. It is cooling down but still pleasant, which allows you to wear both your summer and fall clothing – for me it has to be all about the shoes. It is just about transition time for the shoes. The strappy flip flops and gla...

Hey guys, it’s Anne! Now I’m back and updating after a pretty long absence. So here we go again! Mana Ogawa. There are new music from e.g. BoA, Kyoko, AZU, Murasaki and Mana Ogawa. Also, Gackt is releasing his single collection The Eleventh day along with a reissue of The sixth day. Anna Tsuchiya is also releasing a cd + dvd called Atashi. The Gazette are releasing their new single Shiver as well, in different versions. Creature creat...

This is only related to AX with time frame, and that the people who went, mostly also went to AX.This was actually a second event that was going on called Club 2 the Max. Club 2 the Max was an all day event, but for atleast a month leading up the July 1st, no one could really explain to me what it was…. Some of my friends said it was like AX only smaller, some of them only talked about the Animaid cafe. Just a couple weeks before both AX...

For most of Anime Expo convention goers this is day one… For us in the dealers hall (and those 3000+ people who waited in line for hours yesterday to get their pre-registered badge -you brave souls-) this was actually Day 2. My blogs are coming in a bit late, possibly because I’m still recovering from dehydration and Con Flu. If you ever go to a convention, you will understand, I promise! This day was a bit of a hectic day for us. It...

Anime Expo is the best time of year to dress up in your favorite anime cosplay and Not have people wonder what is wrong with you…. because everyone else is doing it. But have you ever wondered what it is like from the inside? Many of us have friends on staff… but what about the dealers hall? Can you imagine it before setup? completely empty? Or after? when the isles are clogged with now-old flyers, boxes, disassembled displays, and o...