Japanese Popular Pop Culture, Music, Fashions, Art, Foods, etc!
Onigiri (Rice Ball) is a popular food in Japan. You can find many kinds of Onigiri such as: Umeboshi(Pickled plum), Shake(Grilled Salmon), Katsuobushi(Dried bonito), Konbu(Sea Weed) just to name a few. Onigiri is quite...
Lately, rhythmic comedic acts are popular; I wrote about another comedic duo, Kumamushi “Attakain dakara”. “Lassen Gorelai” is a different rhythmic comedic act by the duo group, 8.6 sec Bazooka. It is especially gaining...
Vine (an app to create a 6 second clip) is popular amongst teenagers in Japan. When you were at school, I bet you did something fun with your classmates. A vine clip, which a...
A Commemorative Suica card was released for Tokyo station’s centennial celebration. Suica is a rechargeable fare card for trains in the Tokyo area. The Suica card also works when buying things from vending machines,...
Have you heard “Aomoji kei”, “Akamoji kei” and “Kuromoji kei”? These are definitions of fashion styles. “Ao”, “Aka”, and “Kuro” describe color such as blue, red and black. “Moji” means “Letter”. “Kei” means style....
Here is popular Japanese Drama Ranking in 2014! (source) 1. Doctor-X 22.94% (Average Viewing Rating) 2. HERO 21.27% 3. Hanasaki Mai ga damattenai 16.06% 4. Kyouha Kaisha Yasumimasu 16.00% 5. Roosevelt Game 14.51% 6....
The song “Attakai n dakara” was sung during Kumamushi’s comedic act. The opening lyrics are: “I will give my special soup to you. It is WARM.” “Attakai n dakara” means “Because it is...
Obashot is the posture which comedian, Ariyoshi, started. “Oba” means Obasan (middle-aged lady). Obasan usually pose a certain way in photos and Ariyoshi started to mimic their postures when he was having his photo...
You usually start to hear more Enka music on TV or other places in Japan once winter comes; especially the time around Shougatsu (New Year Eve). If you watch the popular annual NHK show...
On New Year’s Day, many people in Japan rush into the stores to buy “Fukubukuro”. Some people wake up very early in the morning to line up outside of their favourite stores. Popular stores...
