This video is a collection of images from my generation's popular culture! It's so nostalgiac and makes me miss Japan! Notice how the comments suddenly become wild when something really popular shows up! (Note: Please hit the play button once and just...

This video shows what McDonalds' sold in the past. Even if McD's is everywhere in the world, they all seem to have a different menu. In Japan we had fried shrimp burger. Also, Mango, Macha or Peach shake. I completely forgot about this after living in...

In modern Japan, Enka is a type of melodramatic music that is sold at stores and played on the radio with current jpop. While there are many people who like Enka, it has a similar reputation that country music has in the United States. When I was...

Last week, I mentioned 5 Japanese hits Americans have probably never heard. In that list, I chose a hugely popular song by Yōsui Inoue. However, I didn't want it to be overlooked that this brilliant man has had enormous influence on Japanese pop...

There are many jpop fans here in the USA that feel nostalgia for late 90s music, and they consider singers like Namie Amuro and Utada as classic. But for me, classic jpop really happened in the 1980s! I have been touched by them so much, and its'...