Popular TV Shows for New Years Eve
Kōhaku Uta Gassen on NHK network Before the New Year count down starts, many Japanese watch a famous, long-lived show, NHK’s Kōhaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Singing Contenst). Kōhaku Uta Gassen is an...
Category: Entertaiment
Popular TV show : THE MANZAI 2014
Manzai is stand-up comedy which usually involves two comedians on the stage. One stand up comedian is called Boke(funny man). Boke comes from the word “Bokeru” (which means “weak-headed with age”, “can’t think properly”,...
Popular Female Duo Comedian Group: Nihon Elekitel Rengou
Elekitel Rengou is gaining popularity, especially among Japanese children. Elekitel Rengou is a comedic group formed by two female comedians and was founded in 2008. They do weird, slightly creepy, insane skits that leave...
Sumo has regained popularity!
Sumo is a sport where two Rikishi (wrestlers) try to force their opponent wrestler out of a circular ring (dohyō) or to touch the ground with a part of their body other than the...
History Culture Night, an inheritance of a night view: Nagaoka Hanabi (Fireworks) Festival
Nagaoka Fireworks Festival in Niigata prefecture was qualified as an Inheritance of a Night View. Nagaoka festival started as a war damage revival festival, following the air raids that happened on August 1st, 1945....
Single Frame Comic : Salary Man Shigeru Yamazaki
Hikaru Tanaka, a solo comedian, created the single frame comic series “Salary Man Shigeru Yamazaki”. Hikaru studied printmaking and basic anatomy drawing at Kyoto Seika University until he left the school midcourse. Tanaka left...
Kanna Hashimoto is booming as an idol!
Kanna Hashimoto was born Feb 3rd 1999, in the Fukuoka Prefecture. Kanna belongs to the local Fukuoka pop idol group, “Rev from DVL”. (wiki)Her fast rise in popularity was triggered by a photo that...
Japanese Comic Sales for 2013!
Which Japanese Mangas made the most sales in 2013? The company, Oricon, which provides statistics and information on music and other forms of entertainment has a listing for “Top Comic Sales in 2013”. Let’s...
March and April are Hanami Season in Japan!
Hanami means Flower Viewing. The Hanami custom has been around for quite a long time in Japan. It is said to have started around the Nara Period(710~794)(according to Wiki.) Sakura (also known as Cherry...
