Asian Culture, Lifestyle and Entertainment
Spanish football giant Real Madrid has signed a nine-year-old Japanese Takuhiro Nakai (into their youth team). Takuhiro is the club’s first Japanese (youth) player; their arch rival Barcelona also signed a Japanese kid last year.
Takuhiro was already a Youtube sensation prior to the signing, above is a one of the viral videos showing his skills when he was around six or seven of age.
Korean commercial and pictorial for Bean Pole [Kr] Outdoor 2013 F/W collection, featuring actor Kim Soo-hyun and Suzy of girl group Miss A. Filmed in French Alps.
Korean pop star Lee Hyori has tied the knot (technically) with singer-songwriter Lee Sang-soon. The couple will not be having a star-studded (or official) ceremony, but a private party with family members on September 1 instead. Congratulations.
Hyori’s photos from September issue of Cosmopolitan [Kr] Magazine, not related to the wedding whatsoever. She’s also featured in June, check the pics here.
Japan’s premium carmaker Lexus has opened a new place in Tokyo. Known as Intersect by Lexus, it’s “a unique space in select global cities where people can experience Lexus without getting behind the steering wheel of one of our cars.”
The Intersect doesn’t sell cars, it’s more like a clubhouse for Lexus owners instead. Interior designer Masamichi Katayama explains the concept in the video below…
Japanese girl group Morning Musume’s Sayumi Michishige and Mizuki Fukumura in recent issue of Gravure The Television [Jp] Magazine.
