perfume
Written by Jeshii on 2008.08.28 – 19:00 -
The fabulous trio known as Perfume are starting to leak across the sea…
There is this odd phenomenon where when you don’t live in Japan, but are interested in it, it takes a while before something reaches critical mass and starts to leak out to other country’s Japanese-speaking populations. perfume archived this a few weeks ago.
perfume (generally not capitalized [like right after I said this, I suddenly saw it in regular caps everywhere...]) is a three girl group from Hiroshima. The members are あ～ちゃん (A~chan), かしゆか (Kashiyuka, sometimes ksyk in ローマ字), and のっち (Nocchi). They struggled for many years, apparently since elementary school, to make hit songs, but until Yasutaka Nakata, a fairly popular DJ, picked them up, they didn’t really succeed.
My personal history with perfume started when I saw the IKZOLOGIC video a while back. From that video, I started to get into capsule. Yasutaka Nakata is the DJ for capsule, so when I went looking for more music by him, I ended up hearing a lot of perfume.
But I didn’t think much of them. And then they took off and started showing up on TV and now I am on-board… they are a girl group… they don’t make their own music, but Yasutaka-san is awesome, so at least it is good music. They are just there to look pretty and dance. All their live performances are lip-synced to allow them to dance in their very unique way.
Funny thing is most people have a favorite. They are made to all look different, mainly with wardrobe and hair styles differing. I must admit that のっち is my favorite. She’s the short haired one… (-.-;)
Their blog is here. Sorry, it’s in Japanese… for now…
I leave you with their music video/commercial for Pino brand bonbons. Enjoy!
Tags: blogs, electropop, girls, Japanese girls, music, perfume, pop culture, video, ystk
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Yamato Damacy
Written by Jeshii on 2008.08.21 – 14:11 -If you know anything about me, you know that I lived in Japan for 3 years and that I made a series of videos while I was there with my friends Rahman and Luka.
The name comes from 大和魂 (yamato damashii), which is a phase roughly translated as “Japanese Spirit,” and is generally a nationalistic phrase. You’d never hear a 外人 (gaijin) saying it… which is why we used that name. It goes along with the surprise everyone had at us foreigners speaking Japanese.
It was a lot of fun. And people seemed to like it. But since I haven’t been able to do anything nearly as big, it makes me feel like a total internet-famous has-been. ><; The best episodes are as follows:
Episode 9: Setsubun
This episode was the BEST. Dressed up as an 鬼 (oni), I ran out of a phone booth to scare people.
Episode 3: Karaoke
This episode was funny just for the end, if nothing else.
Episode 10: Vanity Project
On the whole, we usually would just do interview videos. But in this one, we were fed up showing others, and just made a short film featuring us. It turned out okay, but people really seemed to like it.
Episode 29: Vanity Project 2
This episode was the prequel to Episode 10. The editing and cheesy dialogue make this a classic.
You can see all the episodes on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=40EA472A4F34B0AD
You can also check out the Revecess Wiki entry for even more info.
[Update] I now have pages set up for each of the Episodes here at Yamatologic. Go check them out!
Tags: blogs, friends, gaijin, gunma, japan, jeshii, rahman, video, vlogging, yamato damacy, 外人
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First Post!
Written by Jeshii on 2008.08.20 – 19:00 -Hello all, this is Jeshii. Welcome to the new Yamatologic blog.
Here will lie random pieces of Japan that I need to share with the English speaking world.
If you are looking for the opposite, my musings in Japanese, please go visit my Ameblo.
In any case, stay tuned…
Tags: blogs, non-japan, obligatory
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Nihon Car and Bike
Written by Jeshii on 2005.09.10 – 19:35 -
Another new comer to the blogging arena (like us!) is Nihon Car and Bike. Basically, it is everything I’ve ever wanted in a blog. News about bikes and cars form Japan.
The only reason I post about it is their subtitle on their logo. It reads “Nihon Car and Bike: The latest Car and Bike news from Mario Kart‘s home country” Pure Genius.
So, in 2008, when the new Skyline GT-R (R35 BABY!) and NSX (or do I mean HSC) come out, I guess they’ll be all over it.
I wish you guys luck!
[Originally published @ The Revecess Blog: http://www.revecess.com/index.php?p=26]
Tags: blast from the past, blogs, cars, revecess blog
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