... across from Japantown called New People. The complex had joined up with a group called Bazaar Bizarre SF, which specializes in odd ... designed 143-seat movie theatre which is devoted to screening Japanese films. The design of the entire complex is about ten years ... else in San Francisco... ...and the consumer goods devoted to Japanese pop culture in all its manifestations are amazing to behold. Even ...

Sakamoto played with his pioneering electro-pop group Yellow Magic Orchestra at the Massive Attack-curated Meltdown in London last year, and is about to play a series of solo piano shows in support of his new compilation Playing The Piano. The album includes stripped-down renditions of some of Sakamoto's best-known work, including soundtrack ...

... / SNSD – Gee The only thing on the K-Pop front is that I’ve somehow only just now discovered Girls’ ... greatest hits. AKB48-copycat: HRJK96 I’m not sure if this is a Japanese version of April Fools or what, but a lot of the alarmism over ... a newly announced call for auditions for all-girl pop-idol group HRJK96 but instead at the still-kicking AKB48 that recently released a ...

... a 45 min set of 1960's Japanese Group Sounds, Anime and Tokusatsu 45rpm vinyl ... of Maid Cafe of Akihabara are scheduled! If you never heard what Group Sounds is here a short paragraph on the OC Japan Street ... music forever and whose influences can still be heard today in J-Pop over 40 years later. Music collector and writer Leonardo ...

... attention in new parts of the world. The following year saw the release of the group's first live album, which was recorded in both Tokyo ... "Best Instrumental Album 1987" at the Japanese Phonograph Record Association Awards. However, following this success ... 1 in the contemporary jazz charts and were also awarded the Japanese grammy for best international instrumental album six years ...

... 39;s go with "talent group" -- consisting of five members who sing, dance and do comedy skits, which has been a fixture of the J-POP world since they debuted in 1991. On their TV show, they invite distinguished guests to eat a fabulous gourmet meal cooked by the group members while the guests relax and talk. Both Tarantino and "Burapii" (as ...