Evangellion makes Suizenji Kiyoko popular to a new audience
Posted by harvey in Language, Music on 06. Jan, 2013 | 1 Comment
Thanks to geeking out on Evangellion I recently stumbled upon this classic Japanese song called 365-step March. This song is appears in EVANGELION:2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE when the new character Mari is fighting an Angel near the beginning of the movie. Being the crazy character that she is, Mari sings this song as she [...]
Shingo Nishinari – Osaka Local Rap
Posted by harvey in Media, Music, Osaka on 21. Oct, 2012 | 2 Comments
Looking for some fun Japanese music to listen to? OSAKA UP. The video features all the famous places in Osaka. Dotonbori Bridge, Tsutenkaku, Taiyou no Tou, and the entire video is in Kansai dialect. What more could you ask for? It also includes funny commentary on Osaka life, like Grandma’s who talk super fast and [...]
Furusato – Traditional Japanese Children’s Song
Posted by harvey in Culture, History, Music on 07. Aug, 2012 | 1 Comment
Some of my friends gave us a gift to congratulate us on our new baby! It plays music! Watch the video below to hear the song. It actually plays much longer but I just gave it a little tug to make the video. This is a traditional Japanese song for 6th grade elementary school kids [...]
Locohama’s Book: My Name is Loco and I am a Racist
Posted by harvey in Books on 18. Jan, 2012 | Comments Off
Well, another Japan blogger has beat me to self-publishing! (I really need to get on that.) Baye from Loco in Yokohama has finished his book! His blog is extremely popular so I’m sure his book will be enjoyed by many. His book is called “Hi! My Name is Loco and I am a Racist” and [...]
Japanese Language Audio Books on iPad with Rye Studio
Posted by harvey in Books, Gadgets, Media on 03. Oct, 2011 | 3 Comments
In an effort to boost my pitiful Chinese abilities… I got an App! A company called Rye Studio makes a series of picture book apps for iPhone and iPad that read you a story while showing you the text in Chinese. Listening to target language text being read at native speed while reading along is [...]
Scars Borough
Posted by harvey in Media, Music on 16. Sep, 2011 | 2 Comments
This music recommendation must be the most personal one I have ever done… Here’s the story. So a long time ago in Japan I met a French dude. We became friends, time passed, I moved to Osaka and he was still in Tokyo, and we didn’t see each other so often anymore. Then a few [...]
Bright Siren by androp
Posted by harvey in Art, Music on 08. Sep, 2011 | 4 Comments
If you’re into Japanese rock and… camera flashes… you’ll probably find this to be pretty interesting. This is the video for the song Bright Siren by a Japanese band called androp. They used 250 cameras to set this up. Pretty impressive in terms of scale! Fun stuff. If you check their official website you can [...]
Japanese slang: Bacchiguu
Posted by harvey in Language, Media on 03. Sep, 2011 | Comments Off
Time to learn some 90s Japanese slang!!! バッチグー!!! I can hardly even remember why I wanted to blog about this phrase… Ah yes, I do remember now. So I’m slowly working my way through Devil Survivor, a sweet strategy RPG for DS, and there is one character that says this phrase over and over again. [...]
