‘5- Various / All Others’ Archives
Yoshiki, the Leader of X JAPAN composed theme song for Golden Globe Award of America
Yoshiki of X JAPAN did it again. This time Yoshiki composed the theme song for Golden Globe Award of the United States for the first time in the history of Golden Globe Award. Yoshiki says that it's such an honor to do that, and he added that he never dreamed this kind of event over himself when he started X JAPAN. Yoshiki is already [...]
Baruto (Balt) ,Kaido Höövelson, got the champion on SUMO
Today a Sumo wrestler, Baruto ( Balt) got the victory in the 1st season of Sumo series in Japan. It's the first championship for Baruto, also for Sumo wrestler from Estonia. It's still in the middle of the champion battle race, as today is the 13th day of 15 day competition, he won championship with no loss without waiting for the final day [...]
Sushi Chef, Jiro, becomes a documentary film by American Director, David Gelb
Some months ago, a new unique film reached my attention. That was a film making story about a famous Japanese Sushi Chef, called JIRO. He runs a small sushi restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo, the name of it is Sukiyabashi Jiro. But the Sushi restaurant is always full of sushi lovers who made reservations for dinner some [...]
Darvish reached the contract with Texas Rangers today
News says that a Japanese baseball pitcher, Yu Darvish, finally had an agreement on the contract with Texas Rangers with 60 million dollars for 6 years. Japanese fans seem very glad to know this news, although some of his fans would miss him as they can't see his pitching live in Japanese stadiums. Many Japanese players went across the [...]
Japan is not a popular travel destination ?
Inbound travelers to Japan is not so many compared to other countries. Japan has 7 million travelers from other countries, but for instance, France, Italy, or the USA has over 20 million travelers from outside. Also China has the large number of foreign travelers among Asia. It means Japan is not that popular travel destination judging from [...]
SORA AOI 蒼井そら A popular Japanese girl in China
To be honest, I didn't know until recent days about Sora Aoi. Recently she often appears on international news on internet and she seems to be very famous ( or popular ) especially in China. I don't often watch TV in Japan, so she might be on Japanese TV programs sometimes but as far as I know, I've never seen her on TV. A news says [...]
Next Tour ?
I'm wondering where I would visit for mu next trip. I have several countries in my interest now. Not yet decided. I've been to 10 or more countries or areas in my life, some of them are still interesting through, maybe I should explore more other countries than those I've visited. In Asia, if I need to choose, some of those I've never [...]
Sinjuku City changes its image
Recently I went to Shinjuku in Tokyo. When I was a college student, Shinjuku was rather a dirty place with a lot of bars and casual foods. But the image of Shinjuku city changes from the pictures in my mind every time I visit. Shinjuku is a large area for a town of Tokyo. It's divided into 3 or 4 parts depending on how we enjoy the city [...]
Ayumi Hamasaki announced divorce
Ayumi Hamasaki, a Japanese female singer, was reported today to divorce her husband soon. Detail of the news is not enough. About a year ago, she got married an Austria born actor. The happy time for two of them were for 1 year only, and Ayumi Hamasaki expressed the reason for this result is because she does not want to leave Japan [...]
Yoshiki Radio from Los Angeles for X JAPAN fans
Some months ago last year, a news arrived from L.A and it said that Yoshiki of X JAPAN would have a radio program in L.A. I think it already started, as I didn't check it, I hope it's still running OK. I found one of the radio programs which was recorded with Toshi, the vocalist of X JAPAN, as a special guest. As far as I hear that, it [...]
