Kyoto Autumn 2008 Day 4
Day 4 of our 14 day adventure in Japan. By far the most exhausting day, but we had our Memoirs of a Geisha moment running through the countless gates at the Fushimi Inari Shrine, so all’s good. There...
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Osaka Autumn 2008 Day 5
Day 5 of our 14 day adventure in Japan was in Osaka! Rainy weather bundled with cloudy skies = terrible photos. Everything looked grey and really flat. But no worries. All that matters is we’re in...
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Tokyo Autumn 2008 Day 6
Day 6 of our 14 day adventure in Japan saw us leaving Kyoto. had our fill of shrines and moss Left really early to catch the bullet train back to Tokyo. Was a 3 hour journey. This time we packed lots...
View ArticleTokyo Autumn 2008 Day 7
Day 7 of 14, the most anticipated day in Japan. It’s Morning Musume LIVE in concert! Unforgettable eye opening experience. The fans, the chants, the girls, the lights, the music, just awesome. (more…)
View ArticleTokyo Autumn 2008 Day 8
Day 8 of 14, was a rainy day indeed. Made the temperatures drop to 15 degrees in the evenings. Could see mist forming when you breath out. But that was the only cool part of the rain. Grey skies and...
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Tokyo Autumn 2008 Day 9
Day 9 of 14. Covered a lot of ground, from Tsukiji Fish Market to Ginza, all the way to Odaiba. Weather was still terrible with occasional drizzles throughout the day. The food we had today made up for...
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Day 10 of 14, amazingly, it DID NOT RAIN TODAY! The skies were still cloudy, but heck, as long as it’s doesn’t rain. More urban exploration as we powered through Tokyo Tower to the 3 shopping areas,...
View ArticleTokyo Autumn 2008 Day 11
Day 11 of 14 was a roller coaster ride. Literally. Took the metro all the way to Suidobashi just for this, really scary looping thing. I had ultimate butterflies in stomach moment, but the thought of...
View ArticleTokyo Autumn 2008 Day 12
Day 12 of 14, winding down our little romp through Japan. Went to lots of chill places and people watched. Main reason why we couldn’t go more places was because we were running out of money! lol....
View ArticleTokyo Autumn 2008 Day 13 & 14
Nothing much planned the last couple days in our 14 day romp. We just about ran out of money to actually go shopping, had seen enough of shrines, and had been to most of the major touristy spots of our...
View ArticleTokyo Business Trip 2008 Day 1
For the purpose of some business meetings, I left for Tokyo on the 9th of October 2008 together with my director Akiyama-san, the managers and some other collegues who tagged along to visit the 2008...
View ArticleTokyo Business Trip 2008 Day 2
It was difficult to wake up from the comfy bed at 8 AM on day 2 for breakfast. Breakfast was only available at the hotel till a quarter before 9. Breakfast was served at restaurant at the basement of...
View ArticleTokyo Business Trip 2008 Day 3
Had an early breakfast again on Saturday, day 3 of my short trip to Tokyo. Today the whole lot of us were visiting the Jet Graphics studio at Shinjuku. Since Shinjuku was really just two stops away...
View ArticleTokyo Business Trip 2008 Day 4 & 5
Day 4 of my trip to Tokyo. Today was the one free day I had during the trip, I decided to spend some time at Harajuku to do some shopping. Since the rest weren’t really sure what to do, they decided to...
View ArticleStreet Jack 10/2008 Scans
October’s cover of Street Jack magazine features Yamamoto Sae. Yamamoto is famous for her Eurasian features despite being 100% Japanese. She commonly goes by the nickname Suzanne. Suzanne is the most...
View ArticleOogoe Diamond
Two months after signing onto King Records, AKB48 released their 11th physical single, Oogoe Diamond (大声ダイヤモンド). The single was special in that it was the first to feature Matsui Jurina, the front girl...
View ArticleStreet Jack 11/2008 Scans
Starting from this issue, Street Jack magazine adopts a brand new layout. The content remains the same and continue to emphasize on street fashion trends from Japan. Appearing on covers again this...
View ArticleMy Short Stories
On November 12th 2008, YUI announced the release of her first compilation album “My Short Stories”. Basically, this album contains all of YUI’s B-side songs from her previous singles and a new song,...
View ArticleMilk / Nageki no Kiss
2008 marks the 10th year since Aiko first debuted into the music scene, and since last year there has been a dizzy slew of events marked for her. The continuous series of Love like Pop, Love like Rock,...
View Article10nen Zakura
10nen Zakura/10年桜 (pronounced Junen Zakura) is AKB48’s 10th major single and the 13th overall. The normal single was released in March 2009 by King Record’s You, Be Cool! (an office dedicated entirely...
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