AKB48 Returns To Singapore
After more than a year of absence, the largest Japanese pop idol girl group AKB48 will be making an appearance back in Singapore next month. The group’s local agency contacted us a while ago to let us...
View ArticleRhymeberry
Much like the other group that uses the tagline ‘3MCs, 1DJ’, Rhymeberry couldn’t be farther away from a group you expect to be doing rap. A group of 4 girls, all under the age of 15, they definitely...
View ArticleJapan 1 Month Itinerary
It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these posts, but with some writing in for requests on their itineraries and insufficient time to respond on a personal basis, I thought I’d throw up a summary...
View ArticleOkashina Ice Candy Chupa Chups
Check out this new novelty toy from Takara Tomy’s “Okashina” line of food transforming machines. Okashina Ice Candy Chupa Chups claims to transform regular Chupa Chups lolipops into giant ice pop...
View ArticleGoogle Street View Gallery
It’s been quite a while since Google introduced their Street View partner program and the special collection for Japan. While it doesn’t look like we’ll see all of Japan’s touristy sights covered...
View ArticleAKB48 Cafe and Shop Namba
Last year, we stumbled upon the AKB48 Cafe and Shop in Namba, Osaka. The shop occupies an impressive space right across the NMB48 Theater in the recently renovated NGK Building, and thus easily...
View ArticleAKB48 To Change Format Of Senbatsu Sousenkyo
In an announcement on the blog earlier today, it’s known now that the AKB48 Senbatsu Sousenkyo will be held this year, but with a slight change. In the voting for the new single (slated for an August...
View ArticleRich Man, Poor Woman
There was a time when drama reviews made up a significant portion of this site’s content. It’s not that I’ve stopped watching dramas, but rather, there just hasn’t been that many dramas really worth...
View ArticleUoshin
We were introduced to Uoshin courtesy of Yan. The izakaya has a number of outlets around Tokyo. This time we visited their Nogizaka branch, where we enjoyed a range of delicious, yet affordable seafood...
View ArticleLipton Tea House
Chancing upon this tea house along the side streets of Gion last Autumn, we were unanimously and almost immediately drawn in by the shiny hybrid cake-tarts in the shop window. Sure everyone knows...
View ArticleSakon
With almost all of its branches being located in remote rest stops in the Kansai, it was only through sheer luck that we managed to come across an outlet of this yakiniku buffet chain called Sakon in...
View ArticleAKB48 Kouhaku Taikou Utagassen 2012
The Kouhaku Utagassen should be familiar to most people interested in Japan. A yearly occurrence, it is a singing contest where red and white teams battle it out on the last day of the year. The AKB48...
View ArticleTokyo Auto Salon AKB48 Members Announced
The Tokyo Auto Salon 2013 has announced the lineup of visiting AKB48 members. The following 16 members will be performing next Saturday on 13th April at the Tokyo Auto Salon in the Marina Bay Sands...
View ArticleKani Doraku
Kani Doraku is a popular Japanese restaurant chain that specialises in all sorts of crab dishes. There are Kani Doraku stores all around Japan, but here we had the chance to visit the original store...
View ArticleNagoya Aquarium
The Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium is one of Japan’s largest aquariums. It is both more expansive and holds a larger wider variety of sea creatures than even Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan which is popularly...
View ArticleFriendship
Part of the fun of going on a trip is trying out new experiences. These don’t always have to be planned for. Often out of adventure or sheer desperation, we find ourselves trying out random cafes and...
View ArticleYamatoya
Osaka’s Shinsekai is as touristy as it gets. But ignoring our own good advice, we somehow found ourselves wandering around the slum streets being approached by street touters at every turn. While...
View ArticleKagi no Kakatta Heya
There’s really nothing particularly wrong with Kagi no Kakatta Heya. Last year’s take on what must seem like the necessary yearly forensics crime mystery offering, the show features an all-star cast...
View ArticleTokyo Auto Salon
Last weekend, Tokyo Auto Salon made its way to Singapore bringing along with it race queens, a bunch of cars and AKB48. Not ones to give an event which gets three out of three right a miss, we visited...
View ArticleArashiyama Monkey Park Iwatayama
The Arashiyama mountain west of Kyoto is home to about 130 wild monkeys. On one side of the mountain a small nature reserve has been set up to observe and feed these monkeys. During the day, the...
View ArticleM Three
I should had suspected something was amiss when the members of Fairies had started to introduce themselves with idol-y catchphrases the last time I had seen them. Last month, avex’s edgy R&B and...
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