World Order: Japanese Street Performance Group
Posted by harvey in Media on 17. Aug, 2011 | 2 Comments
I don’t think I can add much to these videos. Just watch. Also check out World Order official website. WORLD ORDER are… 須藤元気（GENKI SUDO） 野口 量（RYO NOGUCHI） 崎山 清之（KIYOYUKI SAKIYAMA） 内山隼人（HAYATO UCHIYAMA） 森澤 祐介（YUSUKE MORISAWA） 高橋 昭博（AKIHIRO TAKAHASHI） 落合 将人（MASATO OCHIAI） Actually… there is one thing I can add. Did you know that the leader of this [...]
OMODAKA Video
Posted by harvey in Culture, Media, Music on 03. Aug, 2011 | 1 Comment
A newish video from OMODAKA! I really like OMODAKA’s style. He mixes traditional Japanese folk music with his modern digital beats and the results are really fun. OMODAKA in action Check out some of the links below for more OMODAKA videos and information. Related Posts: New OMODAKA drops Tuesday! More OMODAKA Get OMODAKA Albums on [...]
Tadoku Again! What to Read?
Posted by harvey in Books, Language on 29. Jun, 2011 | 4 Comments
Kafka! Again! Tadoku is coming again! I haven’t performed very well in the Tadoku competitions. I do read a lot of Japanese daily, because it’s my life, but I have trouble sticking to whatever novel it was that I picked for the contest. Also, I’m too lazy to record pages of games or random webpages [...]
TINA – I’ll be there
Posted by harvey in Media, Music on 03. May, 2011 | Comments Off
I was introduced to this song back in 1999 when I was living in Japan long term for the first time as an exchange student at Nanzan University. A pretty hip older friend turned me on to it, and later she also introduced me to a similar artist named Bird. I remember I just loved [...]
Japan Fan encourages you to donate
Posted by harvey in Music on 14. Mar, 2011 | 1 Comment
There are many many ways to donate, but here’s another one. If you buy this girl’s songs on Band Camp she’ll donate 100% of the proceeds to Red Cross. She studies Japanese too. Her songs only cost one dollar. Support her dream, support Japan, support a JapanNewbie. What more could you ask for? Go young [...]
Play Hanafuda on your iPhone!
Posted by harvey in Culture, Gadgets, Media on 21. Feb, 2011 | 6 Comments
The popular amine Summer Wars has brought the traditional Japanese card game Hanafuda to the attention of more Japan-heads than ever before. Seriously. I’m not gonna lie. I wanted to learn how to play hanafuda simply because I saw it played on Summer Wars and thought it was a cool aspect of Japanese culture that [...]
How to use Aozora Bunko to get free Japanese books
Posted by harvey in Books, Culture, Gadgets, Language on 13. Feb, 2011 | 4 Comments
Aozora Bunko is an excellent resource for free and legal Japanese reading material. Once you have downloaded Aozora texts you can read them on your computer, print them out, or even load them onto your Kindle. If you like studying Japanese and have an interest in Japanese literature, then I’m sure you will find Aozora [...]
Shing02 Video – Muchi no Chi
Posted by harvey in Media, Music on 13. Feb, 2011 | Comments Off
Here’s a Japanese rap video called Muchi no Chi 無知の知 that I stumbled upon recently. The video is certainly not new, it was done in 2006! I’m late to the party – that doesn’t mean it isn’t still cool though! This video was directed by Shing02, and includes lyrics from him and five other Japanese [...]
