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Pet Shop Boys is also an act that I like a lot. My father introduced them to me some years ago and it was great. Although I could guess it would have a Japanese cover, I never came across it before, so it was nice to hear Mayumi Tomoko's version. Although I kind of had a hard time listening to it maybe I'm too accustomed to Bananarama's original version , it was an alright version, I guess.

To be honest, the song always sounded too Western to my ears. All in all, it was very informative to know that it's a cover. As a side note, I was just watching the episode of Kouhaku and, surprisingly, Saijo Hideki showed up singing "Young Man". It was a nice coincidence to hear about this song two times during the same day. Also, I always hear it in Music Station's top aidoru rankings. Trying to spice up a discussion, I chose to do this comment separated from my overall comments about the songs. Not only I agree with this sentence, I have already thought about this a while ago.

Also, they were not involved in the creating the music they were singing. In other words, they were just trendy youngsters that sang plain and silly pop numbers composed by some masterminds. Very interesting point about the SAW music and associated bands. It would explain how easy it was for them to be adapted into Japanese pop of the late 80s.

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I think one or two of the latter band's hits were even used as theme songs for dramas over there. Your comment about Bananarama resembling an aidoru group has stuck with me, since come to think of it, Siohban Fahey and the other 2 ladies all sung together in the same way I think that does characterize most if not all aidoru duos and groups in the 70s and 80s.

I'm glad you liked the post and the music covered. They have a great songwriting sense and I love their pop music style like them almost as much as Akimoto Yasushi. I'm also happy you agree with me about the comparisons with Bananarama and Japanese idol groups. You are right that a lot of the UK 80s groups had a pop sense very similar to Japanese sensibilities although I wonder why we didn't see that many New Romantic styled groups in Japan during the 80s. I can't add anything new to Marcos' topic on "Stock Aitken Waterman" brand of pop it was an interesting read though , I just want to say that there was an attempt to bring in New Romanticism to Japan although it was on a much smaller scale and perhaps a little late in the game.

Det Zibet is another notable band, but they were more rock than electro. And does Buck-Tick count?

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Either way, I don't think this style caught on, but I like what I heard. At the same time, I think it's nice that J-Electro has its own identity. It lures new listeners into Japanese music easier. Just wanna add another praise for Asami Kobayashi's cover. Can't decide which one I like more, hers or Gazebo's original. It's one haunting song, and the video for Kobayashi's version is pretty creepy. The inclusion of Megumi Shina's "Konya wa Angel" was kind of ironic.

I just passed by the EP of the single at a local music shop the other day. Yep, it does sound Western like Marcos said, and it's a nice piece of power pop with beautiful vocals. BaBe's cover of "Give Me Up" is one of the first 80's idol songs I've heard and will always have a special place in my heart.

I think the girls' vocals fit it to the notch and make it sound more like a J-Idol song than a Western hit.

Love the choreography, too. Another cover I liked a lot was "I Heard a Rumor", though it would be better as a studio version since Mayumi's live vocals are shaky. And of course, "Love Comes Quickly" is a winner, but the original is so great that my instinct just tells me that any cover is inferior. If we think about Kylie Minogue alone, she was a true European version of the Japanese idol: The photobook was taken in Malta and Italy over 5 days. On September 20, , Nishino announced her graduation from Nogizaka46 from her official Nogizaka46 blog.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Osaka Prefecture , Japan. Japanese idol singer actress model television personality. Oricon News in Japanese. Nippon Television Network Corporation. On a slight side note, as part of the summer program, we also had the opportunity to make our own wagashi.

In the pictures below, you can see me attempting to twist the sweets into flower shapes. And here are my finished wagashi. Like the flowers placed in the tea room, the wagashi served during tea ceremony are also supposed to match the current season. To get back to the tea ceremony, once the wagashi have been passed around and everyone has had a snack, the host will begin serving tea. First, the host tries to decide how strong the guests will like their tea, and scoops the appropriate amount of green tea powder into the tea bowl.

It is the sign of a good host to be able to tell how strong a guest will want their tea without asking. Next, you mix the tea together using a special wooden whisk. Before drinking, the guest must turn the bowl two times in their hands to appreciate the beauty of the pottery.

They must then place the more attractive side usually the side with a design facing outwards. This is because placing the more attractive side of the bowl towards yourself is considered to be haughty, since you are hogging the prettier side for yourself. I could only sit like that for maybe 5 minutes at a time before my ankles started to hurt. Typically, kimonos worn at tea ceremony are a bit on the plain side.

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Like with the wagashi, this is so as not to inspire desire or jealousy in any of the other guests. I found the whole process to be extremely relaxing. Since the weather has been holding strong, my roommates and I decided to take a day trip down to Nagoya Port. As soon as I walked in, I was greeted by huge tanks filled with killer whales and dolphins. It felt like I was actually underwater.

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We decided to take a break from wandering around the tanks and catch a dolphin show. But first, we needed to grab some kakigori similar to a snow cone for the stands. The show was great and free. I thought it was really funny, because the trainers sincerely apologized in the most Japanese of fashions when a dolphin was unable to properly catch a Frisbee in its mouth. After the show, we went back to exploring. The aquarium was huge, so we spent a few hours getting lost among all the sea creatures. The entrance fee was a bit pricey at 2, yen about 20 dollars but I think it was worth it.

Whenever I am told about a new dish, I always follow up by asking for recommendations on where I should go to get said dish. No matter who I ask, the same name keeps popping up— Yama-chan. This past Thursday, I finally decided to see what all the hype was about, and asked an old friend to take me to this fabled Yama-chan. The restaurant itself was not at all what I had been expecting, and had a giant half-man, half-chicken posted on the front of it, illuminating the streets.

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It honestly looked a bit out of place, nestled between plain looking building. He was on the soy sauce bottles and napkins as well. After being presented with an extensive sake menu, my Japanese guide informed me that Yama-chan is not actually a restaurant, but an izakaya pub. Most of the food there was served in small portions, so we ordered a ton of dishes and I was able to get a nice sample platter of the Yama-chan menu.

We started with a simple red miso soup. Red miso is huge staple in Nagoyan cuisine, and most of its specialty dishes incorporate the ingredient somehow. The red miso gives the soup a bit of a saltier taste, and has a strong flavor I cannot quite describe. Next, we ordered a small plate of doteni, which is mixture of beef and konnyaku served in a red miso soup. This was followed by an order of nankotsu, which is simply deep-fried chicken cartilage sprinkled with lemon juice. The chicken cartilage was a bit tough and chewy, but the salt and lime made it taste pretty awesome.

Next on the menu was tenmusu.

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However, this unusual way of serving rice balls is distinctly Nagoyan. Tebasaki has a strong peppery kick to it, and Yama-chan serves it sprinkled in worcestershire sauce. With tebasaki, no batter is used and the wingtips are seasoned before being fried. It reminded me of a cross between buffalo chicken wings and KFC. Below, you can see our chicken-man friend giving a demonstration on the proper way to eat tebasaki. Overall, the entire bill was about 3, yen 30 US dollars for two people. This past Sunday, a few Japanese friends from Nanzan University volunteered to take me and some of the other foreign exchange students to Osu— a hugely popular shopping district.

Osu is only about 20 minutes from campus, and is right next to the Osu Kannon subway station.