Shinjuku Isetan is getting a new collection of shoes by Salvatore Ferragamo called “My Ferragamo”.
The first floor of Isetan will have a shop, The Stage, and will sell the new collection. They will have a wide variety of shoes that matches elegance with comfortableness. From pumps to ballerina shoes to moccasins, there is one for every individual.
Shinjuku Isetan will open …
Japanese rock group, BUMP OF CHICKEN has recently announced a new single titled “Uchuhikoshi e no Tegami / Motorcycle” slated for release on October 13th. It has been six months since their previous release campaigns for both “Happy” and “Mahou no Ryouri ~ Kimi kara Kimie~.”
This will mark the first time that the group will release …
Superstar artist, GACKT, recently held the last stage of his nationwide tour, “Kirameki otoko juku (煌☆雄兎狐塾)”, on the 29th at Zepp Tokyo. The last stage was titled, “Kirameki otokojuku ~danjyo konyoku mizugi matsuri~ (煌☆雄兎狐塾 ～男女混欲美濡戯祭～)”, and had a dress code where everybody had to show up in bathing suits and beach sandals.
GACKT sang 16 songs and told the audience, “It …
This week’s MUSIC STATION lineup has been announced.
Check it out!
Kuraki Mai – SUMMER TIME GONE
Kobayashi Taro – Misako-chan
Superfly – Wildflower
SPEED – Yubiwa
V6 – only dreaming
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Crowned with the title, “Queen of J-Pop”, selling albums has never been an issue for Ayumi Hamasaki. But the ‘Queen’ has her eyes set on a loftier goal – to shatter the record for the most #1 singles sold on the Oricon chart, and she’s enlisted the help of a certain ‘Prince’ to make her …
The third installment of The Twilight Saga, “ECLIPSE“, will be released on November 13th in Japan, and for this movie, they will be releasing a Japanese dubbed version that the first and second installment of the series did not have.
On the 29th, it was announced that Ueto Aya and Narimia Hiroki will be playing the voices of Bella and Edward. …
We reported earlier that HMV Shibuya was closing its doors on August 22, but nobody knew what was set to take over the landmark…until now.
One of America’s most famous stores, Forever 21, will take over the six stories. What was once a haven for music lovers, and one of the most famous landmarks in Shibuya, will …
The last stage of “a-nation’10″ was held on the 29th at Ajinomoto Satdium, and all the artists of avex appeared together. This is the ninth year that “a-nation” has been held, and it appeared this year in four different cities and with six different stages.
The last stage started off with Koda Kumi, and then SPEED sang two songs, but the audience really started to get going when JUNSU/JEJUNG/YUCHUN showed up. The three guys sang six songs from their new mini-album, “The…”, which will be released on September 8th. The last performer, Hamasaki Ayumi, appeared and performed eight songs, including her new single, “crossroad”, which will be released on September 22nd.
One of the highlights for the day was that the special unit of avex artists, called “a-nation’s party”, sung the official theme song for “a-nation’10″, “THX A LOT”, which was made by Komuro Tetsuya. All in all, 33 artists from 16 different groups sang it together.
“a-nation’10″ pulled in a grand total of 260,000 people to their stages.
Check out the pictures after the jump.
Actress Aoi Yu (25) is set to appear in a new Calbee Potato Chips CM.
The CM was taped using a high speed camera, and only used two seconds of footage to produce the whole CM. The CM shows Aoi Yu eating the chips with her mouth opened wide and gnawing in very slow motion.
“I feel a little embarrassed,” said Aoi …
It has been announced that popular manga, “ONE PIECE“, will take a break on “Weekly Shonen Jump” for four weeks (starting on September 6th issue). “ONE PIECE” is the first series manga for the author, Oda Eiichiro, and it started being published on “Weekly Shonen Jump” in 1997. It has also never taken a break for this long.
The last episode …
Koda Kumi will be releasing her new single, “Sukide, Sukide, Sukide./Anata dake ga“, on September 22nd, but has just announced that “Anata Dake ga” will be used as the theme for an NHK drama.
Starting on October 12th the drama “Second Virgin“, will be using her ballad as its theme. The drama is about a woman who falls in …
Japanese singer, the BK Sound, has released a new video clip for his track “OH OH OH”, which features Jamaican dance hall group, T.O.K.
That isn’t the only featured guest in the video though, as it also stars the anime, MachGoGoGo, or as the rest of the world knows it, Speed Racer.
The group put together a selection of their favorite moments from 52 episodes of Speed Racer to make it look like the characters are singing and dancing to their new song.
“OH OH OH” officially comes out on September 1st in the BK Sound’s debut album, “One”. The album has many featured artists on it, including HAN-KUN, Shounen no Kaze, MINMI, Kiyosaku (MONGOL800), Takeshi Hosomi (the HIATUS), Metis, SONPUB, doraku, and Cypress Ueno.
Check after the jump for the album track list and to view the PV!
The sukumizu (a navy blue one-piece swimsuit, worn mostly during swim class) is mainly used by schoolgirls in Japan, but it’s basically a swimsuit. Now though, Japan has put a spin on those sukimizu’s by adding a full frontal zipper. It has been placed there for those “special moments of urgency” (aka when nature calls).
The zipper goes from the …
Retired singer, Kahara Tomomi, was transported to the hospital by ambulance on the 29th. Kahara Tomomi was a popular singer that was produced by Komuro Tetsuya, and she had a career that lasted from 1995 to 1999.
According to Sanspo, she was in a taxi when she fainted before telling the driver her destination. So the taxi driver took her to …
In a recent survey, Japanese men have shown to prefer the working girl over the housewife.
A study was taken of 1,252 unmarried, employed men and women, and more than half (53.8%) of the women said they would become housewives if their husbands were able to provide for the child and herself.
The biggest reason women gave for becoming …
