Kobe Girls Collection 2010

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Earlier this month, the annual Kobe Girls Collection (神戸コレクション) was held at Kobe World Kinen Hall.   The Kobe Girls collection is a wildly popular 6 hour fashion show was hosted by Jun Natsukawa and Takatoshi Kaneko and featured about 70 top models (Marie, Lena Fujii, Alisa Urahama, Azusa Koizumi, Coco Kinoshita etc) and celebrities in Japan showcasing  over 30 fashion brands including those of  young and upcoming designers.

The Kobe Collection and its Tokyo counterpart  attract thousands of young Japanese womens with their ‘‘kawaii’’ (cute) fashions which are generally ordinary clothes that are on sale at shops in places such as Shibuya and Harajuku.

Posted on Sunday, March 21st, 2010
Under: Japan Art and Fashion, Japanese Celebs and Idols | 2 Comments »

Emi Ito Beach Angels Moreton Island

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Last year, pretty Japanese gravure idol Emi Ito 伊藤えみ appeared in the travelogue Beach Angels モートン島. In this episode of Beach Angels, Emi traveled to Moreton Island in Australia to enjoy the sights and relax.

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Emi Ito Beach Angels Moreton Island

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Posted on Saturday, March 20th, 2010
Under: japanese bikini models | 2 Comments »

Maiko Itai wins Miss Universe Japan 2010

25-year-old former civil servant Maiko Itai 板井麻衣子  beat out 4,000 applicants and ,was crowned Miss Universe Japan 2010 earlier this month.  Maiko is from the Oita Prefecture city of Usuki and used to work at the city hall until December last year.  The Sophia University graduate spoke English and Portuguese fluently during her speech at the pageant contest. Itai said she studied Portuguese at Sophia University in Tokyo while living in a dorm with students from around the world.

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Former Miss Universe winners include Riyo Mori,  Kurara Chibana, Emiri Miyasaki and Hiroko Mima.

Posted on Friday, March 19th, 2010
Under: Japan News today | 2 Comments »

Satoko Miyata 2009 San-Ai swimsuit model throws ceremonial first pitch

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Satoko Miyata 宮田聡子 (aka Akiko Miyata) is a 21 year old Japanese fashion model from Fukuoka prefecture.  She has modelled for – Tokyo Collection, 東京ガールズコレクション Tokyo Girls Collection , 神戸コレクション Kobe Collection, SHIMA SHIMA, 伊勢丹ブライダルショー Isetan Bridal Show , Sancta Carina ウェディングショー Sancta Carina Wedding Show and FUKUOKA LOVE COLLECTION.

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Satoko-chan was also chosen as the 2009 San-Ai Swimsuit model campaign girl which has always been a step to stardom. Former San-Ai models include Azusa Yamamoto, Yukina Kinoshita and Yumi Sugimoto.

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Saotoko threw the ceremonial first pitch at Tokyo Dome last summer during a softbank baseball game.

Posted on Friday, March 19th, 2010
Under: Japan Art and Fashion, japanese bikini models | 2 Comments »

Maria Ozawa t-shirts from Devilock

If you’re a collector of Maria Ozawa 小澤瑪利亞  t-shirts, then you’ll be interested in getting your hands on the special Devilock Maria Ozawa t-shirts.   Maria was the special guest at the Devilock 13th anniversary in Taipei at Sense Organ last November where her special Devilock Maria Ozawa t-shirts Enchantress and Destiny were unveiled.

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Maria Ozawa 小澤瑪利亞 Devilock t-shirts video

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Posted on Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Under: Japan Art and Fashion, japanese bikini models | 2 Comments »

Sugoi Japanese prefecture icons from Messaliberty

Attention Japanese graphic designers. Here are some great web icons designed by the folks at Messaliberty for the Japanese prefectures of Tokyo, Aomori, Hyogo, Kyoto, Okinawa and Shimane . They are in png format (256×256) and free to download from their site.

TokyoTokyo
AomoriAomori
HyogoHyogo
KyotoKyoto
OkinawaOkinawa

Shimane

Posted on Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Under: Japan websites | 1 Comment »

Darth Vader Mint Chewing Gum in Japan

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Darth Vader Mint Chewing Gum ダース・ベイダー ガムポット in Japan.  Why not?  Get some  gum by opening Darth Vader’s helmut to get to the shiny black chiclets of minty gum out.

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Cost is 760 Yen available at the local Lawson combini convenience stores.

If you want to see Darth Vader, he lives in Tokyo and you can catch him at a train station.

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Posted on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Under: Japanese Products, Living in Japan | 4 Comments »

Konarka Solar power bag charges your mobile phone

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Another great invention – a bag that has solar panel so you can recharge your mobile phone, ipod or any other small electronic device while on the move outdoors. The Konarka solar bag with OPV power plastic panel was unveiled at the PV Expo 2010 held at the Tokyo Big Top last week. Commercial products will be available this summer costing between 15,000- 25,000 Yen.

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Posted on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010
Under: Japanese Products, japan technology | 3 Comments »

Foxxi misQ Sabra photo shoot

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Japanese sexy girl Jpop band Foxxi MisQ appeared in Sabra magazine and  sabra.net’s  Strictly Girls “Foxxi misQ ~ CELEBICH!”  photo shoot last year.  The girls CHiE DEM and YU-A had a great time dressing up for this special.

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Foxxi MisQ Music Videos

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Posted on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Under: Jpop | 4 Comments »

Some Japanese folks use skypro360 to get rid of their stomach bulges

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Skypro360 from Mic Mac Co. Ltd  has a rotating massage head that deliver a minimum 460 rotations per minute and costs about 9,000 Yen.  Some Japanese folks use the skypro 360 to massage away their stomach bulges.

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Wonder if it really works?

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Posted on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Under: Japanese Products | 3 Comments »