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San Francisco's 2013 J-POP Summit Festival continues to add more attractions, and the latest is a real treat for J-pop fans. Harajuku girl Kyary Pamyu Pamyu—who really blew up when her top-selling single "PON PON PON" made its debut—will be putting on a special live …Read more »
It seems like not a week goes by when we don’t feature an article about some new Evangelion merchandise. Hey, we’ll stop reporting on it just as soon as they stop making the stuff (but considering it’s been coming out in a pretty much constant …Read more »
Here’s a story that nicely dovetails our love of anime and pop idol/Harajuku hero/incessant Twitter user Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. The 19-year-old, best known in the U.S. for last year’s “Pon Pon Pon” and accompanying insane music video, has been busy lately. This past week saw …Read more »
Ah, Don Quijote. When I first arrived to Japan, I was impressed that so many people knew of Don Quixote, the famed Spanish work of literature, thinking that it was sign of how cosmopolitan the island nation could be. Alas, the reason people knew of …Read more »
Can you feel the excitement in the air? That subtle feeling that “somethin’ good is gonna happen’? Are you "pickin’ up good vibrations”, et. al? Ok, well, I don’t know much about all that, but I do know that Season Two of Otaku-Verse Zero is …Read more »
After a while, Japan starts becoming the equivalent of finding out that Santa doesn’t exist. There is no denying that the halls of Nakano Broadway are full of magic and wonder, and Harajuku has rows of lolitas strutting down in their platform boots if you …Read more »
Rifles, assault weapons, carbines. Not pictured: chocolate, vanilla, stawberry. "Who is the Enemy? The Hot-Blooded Man Who Targets the Wilderness” There’s a million different ways to get your kicks in Tokyo. But alas, many of them are certain to drain your wallet dry, especially now …Read more »
Winter is a depressing time to be in Japan. Most of the trees are brown, leafless skeletons and the weather is bitterly cold. As someone from San Diego, home of the everlasting summer, this is double-plus ungood. For those living in Japan, the only thing …Read more »
Photos by Daniel Eggert "Is it love that makes my heart go BOOM BOOM BOOM?" Nope, not this time (but props if you get the reference) -- it's the "sensational kawaii," Harajuku stylings of 6%DOKIDOKI, available live in the states for a limited time only …Read more »
I'm not sure if Yoshi's has ever had a crowd surfer before. The venue, near San Francisco's Japantown, is primarily a jazz lounge, but Sunday night it hosted the Japan Nite Special Girl Rock Explosion! + Harajuku Kawaii Experience presented by NEW PEOPLE, and all …Read more »
I had set my alarm for 8:00, but ended up waking up around 7:00, perky with J-pop glee. It was a lot like Christmas, only instead of a tree incubating brightly wrapped packages, I got a building in San Francisco's Japantown made of windows, full …Read more »
Author & Illustrator: Aimee Major Steinberger Publisher: Go!Comi You'd think Japan already had enough nerds, but in fact, American otaku are all the rage over there now. Aware that Japan is cool in foreign eyes, private businesses and even government folks like Taro Aso are …Read more »
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