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Like Shibuya gyaru gal fashion scene?  In the latest attempt to reproduce the success of  Jpop idol group AKB48 a new idol unit called Shibuya GAL’S is being formed.

The unit is being produced and led by the gal (gyaru) fashion model duo Yumachi & Aina  ゆまち ＆愛奈  which consists of Yuma Takahashi (21) and Aina Tanaka (21) both models for the fashion magazine Egg. After topping the Recochoku club music charts last year, they made their major label debut earlier this year and are releasing their debut album “QUEEN” this week.

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Rinpa Eshidan is a Japanese art crew made up of made up of Noiz-Davi, Daisuke Yamamoto, D.H.Rosen, Akari Sasai and XOLA. “Rinpa” is a word created by the founders of the group meaning “to bring people together, while “Eshidan” essentially means “art crew.”

Rinpa Eshidan main activities are performing in live-art events and creating videos of art in action. Instead of focusing on the finished project they believe the process of creation itself is where art comes to life.

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Jpop diva Namie Amuro featured in April 2010’s Gisele (Japanese fashion magazine)

Namie Amuro in Gisele May 2008

Namie Amuro in Gisele (June 2008)

Namie Amuro Baby Don’t Cry
http://www.dailymotion.com/videox1gr8b

Namie Amuro Get myself back on HEY HEY HEY TV show http://www.dailymotion.com/videoxe5vbl

Namie Amuro Break it PV

Shibuya 109 is the mecca for Japanese gyaru fashion.  If you like this fashion style, remember to visit Shibuya to check out the trendy Japanese girls there.

Japanese school girl photo’s then and now.

Angela Baby アンジェラベイビー (Angela Yeung Wing 杨颖, 楊穎 ) is a Chinese fashion model from Shanghai and Hong Kong who is making waves in Japan.  Like Jessica Cambensy, her sexy and cosmopolitan looks have earned her a modeling contract with Avex and she has since been operating from Japan over the few months.  Angelababy started modeling at the age of 17 when she was discovered in Hong Kong and been modeling for the past 7 years.

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Nao Tamura is a Japanese and US based designer who recently won the Salone Satellite Award at Milan Design Week 2010 for Seasons, her functional kitchen and serving ware.  The plates are leave-shaped containers made of silica sand, which means that they can easily be rolled up.

She was inspired by Japanese customary traditions of using leaves as decorative objects in the presentation of food.  In the Spring, cherry tree leaves are used to wrap sweets. In Autumn, fallen foliage is used to decorate the table. Leaves are also used as dividers when presenting an assortment of dishes.  Read more...

Pretty Ageha fashion model and entrepreneur Eri Momoka is the face of  “Tequila Balls” テキーラボール a type of  “jello shot”  that was created at the Tokyo Kabukicho bar “NASUKA”  in 2008.  Tequila balls are 20% alcohol and contain 1/3 of a shot glass worth of tequila each and currently available in orange, blueberry, yogurt, cassis and strawberry.

NASUKA’s main patrons are hosts and hostesses who like the Tequila Balls but one  regular who happened to be a model for the massively popular cabaret style fashion magazine, Koakuma Ageha wrote about the Tequila balls on her blog which brought a sudden surge in interest from around Japan.  Read more...

Japanese design duo Yuruliku (comprised of Bananao and Kinue Oneda) get their pleasure from designing the smaller things in life. Their prime focus is on stationary and one of  their latest designs is will excite design minded people.  Their new Green Marker grass shaped post-its serve as cute book marks.

The Green Market post its  come in three different sizes and cost 700 yen for 75 posts its.

Paramodel is an “art unit” formed in 2001 by Yasuhiko Hayashi (2001 Fine Art graduate from the Kyoto City University of Arts) and Yusuke Nakano (a Nihonga [Japanese-style painting] graduate from the same university). Their title comes from the combination of the words, “Paradise” and “model”, and the fusion of these two concepts is essentially the launching point of their creations.

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