I have to admit, I didn’t like this song much when it first came out. I was still attached to the album Traveler – but after several plays, I have come to appreciate this song, much like Shukumei. I like how it’s very energetic. This is a song I like to play right after waking […]
Japan Sinks: 2020 is an animated series available on Netflix about – well, Japan sinking. Having watched the below video about the great earthquake and tsunami that ravaged Japan in 2011, the story becomes a bit more real and scary. The Netflix series is based off a disaster novel written by Sakyo Komatsu, published in […]
Inori no tsuyosa ga owari no imi wo kaeta shunkanSore wa subarashii mono datta Saikai no shinnen ga jibun wo ookiku kaetaKore wa kore wa sono kurikaeshi no jinsei no kiroku da Daiji ni mottete daiji ni mottete Travelers mata bokura no koto wo sou yoberuKyou ga mou soko made kiteruTRAVELERS zutto negattetanda yo Saa […]
Maku ga orireba bokura otagai ni hanarebanareHiniku na mon da na konna toki dakeAtto iu ma ni sugisaru nante sa “Mata ne” ga areba donna owakare mo mashi ni naru neItsu ienakunaru darou? Kangaecha dame da yo naaItsu da toshite mo munashiku naru kara Hito natsu no kirameki ga ICE wo tokashite ikuSore ni yoku […]
This is the song that catapulted Higedan into the charts – cementing their position in Japan’s music industry in 2019. I fell in love right after the first listen with the piano, the lyrics, and the emotions conveyed by the song overall. The aesthetic music video also added to the impact. Everything about this song […]
Chotto tooi kuni e itte burari pen wo kajitteMachi no itonami ni tokete inakunatteShimau no mo ii na shashin no SAPPHIRE Sore ja atarashiki chizu wo katteWarukunai basho e GO desuDou desu? Tabidachi no aizu wa soto no hareta soraHieta YOGURT ga kara ni nattara ikou kaKudaranai JOKE ga kikinareta NOICE gaBokura no IDEA ni […]
Hitotsu toshite ADVANTAGE nante nai“muite nai” “sense nai” daremo ga sou itte waratteru Nante koto nai bibiru hitsuyou wa naiKekka ippatsu de hyaku hachi juu do masshiro na kansei ni kawaru zo Identity no ISUtori game wa tokku ni over yeahSore demo hajikare mai to sekai wo ryouashide nigiri shimeru Makka na honnou asedaku no […]
Ryoko Yonekura. I did not know her until recently, when I started binge-watching Doctor-X on Netflix. All six seasons of it. Ryoko Yonekura plays as Japan’s (and maybe even the world’s) best surgeon, Michiko Daimon. She’s a freelance doctor who doesn’t like groups, bowing down to authorities, and lists down surgery as her hobby. As […]
I know, I’ve said this many times for different songs – but I can’t help that all the songs in this album are good! This is one of my favorites. Kuchigenka nanka shitaku mo nai karaSaishin no chuui wo haratte ikitetaSossen shite jibun no koto wo kenasu no waRaku dakedo munashikute Kanashii kako nanka hitotsu […]
I can’t exactly remember when I started liking Japanese pop culture. Was it the first time I watched Voltes V or Dragon Ball back when I was just 7 years old? However, I vividly remember the first time I liked a Japanese song. They used to play it on the radio back then. It was […]