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Japanese company Wazakura Koubou 和櫻工房 is releasing a gold plated computer keyboard KAGAYAKI 輝 to appeal to all those who love the gold.   The keys are plated with 99.99% pure gold and you can find the Kagayaki golden keyboard retailing at the vendor’s online store and Sofmap PC shops in Japan. The keyboard comes with a two-port USB hub.

The keyboard comes with a two-port USB hub and is priced at 28,875 yen.  Still, we prefer the classy Aluminum computer keyboard from Onkyo

There are not too many pairings of gravure idols sisters but one of the most popular sister acts are the amazing 24 year old Mayuka Okada 岡田真由香 and her younger 21 year old sister Junne Okada 潤音. The sisters are from Gifu prefecture where in 2006 Mayaka Okada was an ordinarily office lady (OL) who got scouted and introduced into the gravure idol world. Her sister Junne also decided to try out modeling at the same time the two of them have often appeared together in over 12 DVDs with popular titles such as Breast-Breast Paradise (乳乳パラダイス).

The gravure idol sisters also released a Jpop mini album “Pink Pie JacK,” earlier this year. You can read more about the sisters at their blogs - Mayuka’s here and Junne’s here. More photos of the sisters from their DVD release Hamy Pie PR event here.

Mayuka Okada Videos

We’ve mentioned before that Japan has some of the best and most unique beers in the world. We’d also like to tell you that Japan also has some very good scotch whiskies. In fact, Whisky Magazine, the leading authority on the spirit, just revealed that Nikka Yoichi, a 20 year old single malt has won best single malt whisky at the World Whiskies Awards 2008.

Yoichi, distilled near the city of Sapporo is the first variety produced outside Scotland to win the coveted single malt award beating dozens of other varieties, including last year’s winner, Talisker 18 years old, produced on the Isle of Skye. The top prize was given to Yoichi following a blind tasting of more than 200 of the world’s finest varieties by a panel of 16 of the world’s leading whisky experts.

Another Japanese entry, Suntory Hibiki (the brand advertised by the washed-up actor played by Bill Murray in the film Lost in Translation) won the award for the world’s best blended whisky.

In Japan, traditional distilling apparatus such as coal-fired pot stills are still widely used though rarely seen in Scotland these days.

So, the next time you go drinking with your Japanese salaryman colleagues, Japanese friends or visiting your favorite hostess bar, ask for a bottle of Nikka Yoichi.  Cost of the Nikka Yoichi will set you back about US$250-$300 per bottle.

source: Timesonline

What are young fashionable Japanese wearing this summer on the streets of Tokyo?  We found a few photos from excellent Japanese fashion site style-arena.jp to show you what Japanese people in different parts of Tokyo are wearing this Summer 2008.

Perhaps it the freedom of expression and the love of dancing, but young Japanese women continue to excel at being reggae dancehall queens. Many women like 2002 world champion Junko Bashment Kudo make several trips a year to Jamaica to learn the sexy dancing and compete in competitions there and in Japan. The dancehall scene continues to grow. Is dancehall big where you are?

Japanese dancehall queen videos

Kumiko & HIRO from.GRINE PIXY

Beautiful 19 year old Japanese fashion model Meisa Kuroki 黒木メイサ recently won the BVLGARI Brilliant Dreams Award in Japan along with retired Japanese soccer player Hidetoshi Nakata who received the special honors award.

The annual BDA award held earlier this year in March by the European jewelry maker had previously been given to such top class stars as Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jpop diva Ayumi Hamasaki and Olympic Champion figure skater Shizuka Arakawa 荒川 静香. For the awards ceremony, Meisa looked gorgeous wearing a diamond ring, necklace and earring set with a combined value of over 60 million Yen.

Meisa Kuroki BDA Award 2008

Japanese guitar band GAUCHE ゴーシュ formed back in 2002. They have released one single, one MAXI single, and two mini albums. The second mini album, Blue World 青ノ世界 Aoi no Sekai was released in March earlier this year

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The album contains seven excellent tracks of blaring indie rock led by lead singer and guitarist Hiroyoshi Nagashima 長島弘佳, guitarist Manabu Nose 能勢学, bassist Akira Abe 安部光 and female drummer Michiyo Takashi 高師三知代. The best tracks on the album are Uta Koe no Shomei 唄声の証明 Harurifu and ハルリフ Crawl. This band has huge potential and any band with a female drummer is way cool!

GAUCHE music videos

Uta Koe no Shomei