Mandarin Pop Meets Tokyo Jazz: Gender and Popular Youth Culture in Late-1960s Hong Kong Musicals Critics have derided the Hong Kong Mandarin musical films of the 1950s and 1960s for their lack of strong male leads, particularly when it comes to singing and dancing. Scholar Stephen Teo (1993...
In all karaoke places, there are free soft drinks included with the room, so you can often bump into people from other rooms near the soft drink area or the restrooms and strike up a conversation. You can then pop into their room or invite them into yours for a song or two, or if ...
Japan is chock full of festivals, and we don’t just mean traditional ones withfireworksand Bon dances. If you like pop culture (be it anime, manga, games, cosplay, J-pop, or even Western fandoms), have we got good news for you! Tokyo is heaven for pop culture enthusiasts. Here are...
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There is of course some booze on the menu as well, so its also perfect spot to pop in after an evening in at some live jazz around Kannai or drinks in the nearby Noge neighborhood both within walking distance. With only 5 seats, if you’re going in a group it’...
The girls also covered J-pop songs ranging from classic to contemporary to the delight of the audience, including performances of Vaundy’s “Odoriko” (Dancing Girl) by Minji, Mariya Takeuchi’s “Plastic Love” by Hyein, and Seiko Matsuda’s “Aoi Sangosho” (Blue Coral Reef) by ...
Nightlife in Tokyo in the COVID-19 era. | Photo by Gregory Lane Lastly, the night club that Jake can often be seen in, is likely a depiction of Roppongi clubGas Panic—a notorious pick-up spot in Roppongi that closed for good in 2011. At times you can see dancers dancing synchronousl...
Rokumeikan was an expensive tool of Japanese diplomacy, an opulent hall built to prove that Japan can be just as modern as any Western nation. A place that could host fancy dress parties with Western cuisine and ball room dancing with ministers of state and all the most important foreigners....
“Dancing time!” Yuki exclaimed. “Do you want to go back to our lounge, or shall we stay here and join the crowd when there is some movement going on?” “Why don’t we remain here for a while? I’m dying to hear how, you, the eldest daughter of a fearsome industry tycoon, ...
Why do people keep saying it's only a niche game? It's an excellent hardcore JRPG with a great soundtrack on a system that only has one other notable retail entry in the genre. What's so niche about that? You just have to accept that the plot revolves around J-Pop idols and their...