Undated photo of Japanese idol Yui Aragaki in Yukata, a traditional Japanese bathrobe which is a popular fashion during summer festivals…
Aragaki was voted the best looking female celeb in Yukata in a recent Oricon poll; Hiroshi Tamaki tops the male chart but I couldn’t care much lol [pic via G2slp]
Sony is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Walkman. The first model of the personal stereo-audio cassette player, TPS-L2 (pic), was introduced in Japan on July 1, 1979.
The Walkman brand was synonymous with portable personal audio devices until the emergence of iPod in 2001.
People who grew up in the 80s (like me) would have fond memories with the Walkman… most of you here are probably not from that era though.
Japanese singer Ai Kawashima has an ambitious goal to build 100 schools for the poor across the world.
The 23-year-old star, who was orphaned twice in her early life, has built a school each in Burkina Faso and Cambodia. Her third school is under construction in Liberia, and she’s planning to build her fourth school in East Timor…
I’m impressed, and inspired. Kudos for the young lady and her helping fans.
A life-sized 18m Gundam model was assembled at Odaiba Island in Tokyo to mark the 30th anniversary of “Mobile Suit Gundam”, the very first Gundam anime series which evolved into a highly successful franchise over the years…
The real scale Gundam can do a few simple tricks, no big deal… but the details of the model itself is still pretty impressive.
The Gundam is going to be displayed for only two months unfortunately, it could turn to be Tokyo’s new tourist attraction if it’s kept for a much longer period.
Video via Akibahobby; check out some of their pics [Jp] as well.
Photos from Super GT Malaysia 2009 – Japanese race queens for Lexus Team Zent Cerumo; (L-R) Junko Iida, Chika Tono, Mayu Oya and Kaori Minami…
Remember the Japanese comedy skit of “getting to work in 5-minutes?” Here’s another similar piece from the same show, of “getting your kid ready to school in five minutes,” featuring comedian Tomoko Murakami.
Not as brilliant imo, but quite funny nonetheless… [again, via Japanprobe]
Photos from Super GT Malaysia 2009 – Japanese race queens Nana Shibata (L) and Sana Yuuki, official ambassadors for the Sepang race…
Photos from Super GT Malaysia 2009 – Japanese race queens Yukie Morikawa (L) and Megumi Furusawa for Lexus Team LeMans ENEOS…
