The last time I talked about the Japanese rock singer-songwriter TOKYO MARRY was at the beginning of May this year when he released the single single "KAWAII YES". He is…
It's #SongLyricsSunday! This time, it is an unusual prompt about highlighting contrasting items: light and darkness, day and night, Pepsi and Coke, winner and loser. My pick for this week's…
It's #SongLyricsSunday! This week's prompt is "Above/Below/Between". In Japanese, 下 (read as shita) means below. Today's song by the legendary 70s Japanese girl group Candies mentions 下 in the lyrics…
ただいまー！ I am back! I took July off for a month-long vacation from blogging. You need to take breaks, right? I was planning to come back last week to full-time…
It's a baking challenge for this week's #SongLyricsSunday. This week's prompt is "Baking/Bread/Cake/Pie/Picnic". For this post, I picked "Mini. Strawberry Pie" by the all-girl Japanese pop girl group Minimoni. (This…
The prompt for this week's #SongLyricsSunday is "Maria/Marie/Mary". What a perfect prompt to write about the legendary Japanese rock band THE ALFEE and their 1983 song "Marie Anne" (メリーアン). If…
Welcome to another Battle of the Bands! It was suppose to be out earlier this week but I have been really busy at work. Also, I have been really tired…
It is me or has summer already came? It has been super hot this past week in Nagoya as temperatures reached 33°C/91°F. It is suppose to be the rainy season,…
It is the beginning of the rainy season here in Japan. From late May to the end of June, the days are filled with clouds and rain. Lots of gloom…
How are you doing? How are you feeling? 2020 has been a rough year as everyday seems uncertain and chaotic. As many around the world have been living mostly in…