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Earlier this year Tokyo Disney Resort celebrated it’s 25th anniversary on April 17th with a snazzy new TV ad campaign to get you to visit again.  The resort had 5 stages of celebration to “Unlock Your Dreams”. The Opening stage lasted from April 15 -July 7.  The Jubilation stage from June 15th featured a daytime parade. the Tokyo Disney Sea Spring Carnival was from April 15- June 30.   The April Art Festival lasted from April 15-August 31 and the Tanabata program was from July 1 to July 7th.

If you missed the fun, you can still see the excitement from the Disney Resort TV ad (no Konishiki singing in this Disney ad!)

opening ceremony

Akina Aoshima 青島あきな is a popular Japanese race queen and gravure idol from Miyazaki prefecture. She started as a race queen in 2005 and quickly gained a fan base. She has released 4 DVDs in the last 2 years and 1 photo book. She’s also appeared on various TV shows on NTV, TBS, TVN, CarGalTV and mostly on SkyperfecTV channel 371.

In August last year she had dinner with the Miyazaki’s celebrity Mayor Sonomanma Higashi そのまんま東 who formally made her PR Ambassador for Miyazaki. She also won NTVs “2008 Grand Prix Idol winner”

You can see more photos of Akina here, here and here or read her blogs here and here

Akina Aoshima Videos

race queen photo shoot

at the race course

channel 371

sexy dancing

green bikini on beach

Like Akina Aoshima’s sexy videos? We do! See more or purchase here

Yasushi Nakanishi 中西保志 is a very popular 47 year old Japanese singer from Nara prefecture with 18 singles from 1992-1999 and 12 albums from 1992-2007.  The height of his popularity was in the late 1990s and many Japanese people will be familiar with his songs (ask them to sing karaoke for you).  Yasushi  attempted a comeback since 2005 releasing 3 albums Proceed,  Standards and Standards2.

Before he became a professional singer, Yasushi had been an amateur singer at university performing many songs by Stevie Wonder and Billy Joel. In 1986, Yasushi had even been hired by Japanese record labels to be a Japanese Stevie Wonder impersonator and appear on Japanese TV shows.

Yasushi Nakanishi Videos

Yasushi Nakanishi1992 最後の雨 Saigo No Ame “The Last Rain”

The real Yasushi Nakanishi singing “Missing” (by Toshi Kubota)

As Stevie Wonder Impersonator singing “I Just Called to Say I love you”

Like Yasushi Nakanishi’s music? We do! See more or purchase here.

Hi-Prix are a Jpop hip hop duo consisting of cute Japanese girls 18 year old Miki  and 17 year old Hina who debuted this summer with their catchy song and album WipeOut  太陽にほえろのテーマ【初回生産限定盤】.

The schoolgirls were picked in 2007 by Sony Music Records after going through a round of auditions. Miki graduated from high school in Niigata while Hina is still in high school in Kobe and Tokyo.

Wipeout got coverage in many of the teen Japanese fashion magazines such as Nicola, pati pati and SCawaii as well as getting plenty of air play time on MTV.

Read more about Hi-Prix at the blog here.
Hi-Prix Videos

Taiyou ni hoero no theme ~Uchira E-kanji~

Visiting Maid Cafes in Akihabara is serious otaku activity. While the atmosphere, company and service is what most otaku are after, the quality of the food is seldom talked about.

One maid cafe and bar, Maidreamin, located along Choudori on the 6th floor of the Sumiyoshi Building,  in Akihabara has started offering a huge portion of food called the “Big Bang Lovely Burger ビッグバンLOVE.”

Maidreamin specializes in foods with emoticon themes and the”Big Bang Lovely Burger,” is just one of the items listed on the popular “Gigantic Menu” and is limited to only three orders per day.  The dish features rice topped with a soft boiled egg and a 500g  ground beef patty. The dish is about the size of a notebook computer covered in demi-glace sauce and weighs about one kilogram.  We wonder how long Gal Sone would take to finish this?

source: Akiba online

Earlier this year when Mariah Carey came to Japan to promote her album E=MC2, she also threw out the the opening pitch at the Yomiuri Giants v Rakuten Eagles match at the Tokyo Dome. Only such a global superstar can generate so much TV coverage for such a simple event. She can’t throw to save her life but she still looks sexy for a 38 year old. Just check out her high heels!

More photos here.

Mariah Carey in Japan videos

News coverage of the pitch

News coverage about the album, Nick and the pitch

In August 2006, Japanese magazine publisher Tokyo Sanseisha 東京三世社 started publishing a magazine aimed at the otaku market that combined Japanese style comics called manga and gravure (bikini) models.  The magazine called Cho! Very Good Comic! チョベリグコミック costs under 1000 yen.

The magazine does feature more of the very tanned Ganguro bikini models  (but unfortunately not of the now retired Juno) if you like dark skinned Japanese girls.

Cho! Very Good Comic! Videos

Ganguro babe promotes Cho! Very Good Comics!

Ganguro babes at the beach wearing bikinis

Ganguro babe wearing white miniskirt

Ganguro babe does para para and a head stand