Zeebra ft. Jesse (Rize) - Not Your Boyfriend

I think this is one of the best PV's I have ever seen, it's just so well done. The quality, the production, everything is awesome. Zeebra did it again, congrats to him.

Kreva - strong style

Kreva is one of the greatest Japanese rappers with sharp and clever rhymes.
This song has a nice beat to it.

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by pasukaru

gyaro & gyaruo

by pasukaru

ARIA - NEXT DOOR feat CHOZEN LEE from FIRE BALL

I'm loving this song! It's so catchy.
Chozen Lee amazes me, I'm a big fan of Fire Ball, so here it is one of their PV's "bad japanese".

2BACKKA + BENNIE K - home

2Backka are so cool!

Noriaki - skyfish

This is an awesome man.

DJ Ozma - spiderman

For those of you who still didn't watch it, what are you waiting for?

From Heavy-metal to J-pop

Patrick Macias does an interview with Megadeath's ex-guitarrist Marty Friedman. Did you know he now lives in Tokyo and has been a J-pop fan since several years ago? Read the whole interview in Japan Times.

Billboard Live Tokyo

Billboard Live TOKYO venue opened last month at Tokyo Midtown. The 300-seat venue and restaurant is already hosting a busy schedule of live shows, with some big-name acts that are accompanied with big ticket prices.

Official site

Tokyo Midtown

Tokyo Midtown inovates in more open and green spaces, the 21_21 Design Sight (a new design museum), the Suntory Museum of Art, and stylish restaurants and cafes.

Official site

Hello Kitty

Summer's limited-edition of shirts. A collaboration between Hello Kitty, GRZ&M and DEXIE DEAN (both part of the Silver Bullet, gyaruo brands).

Evangelion Doritos

Mikimoto Ginza 2

Mikimoto Ginza 2 store, designed by Toyo Ito (Tod's Omotesando), offers some irregularly shaped (and placed) windows, which certainly stands out.

The Bodyguard

Sonny Chiba's "The Bodyguard" from 1973 is coming soon to anamorphic English dubbed DVD in November.

Viva Chiba!

Shadow Plays

Last winter there was the set up of a shadow play projection on a huge Shibuya wall next to a parking lot called Big Shadow.

When people moved by, their silhouettes were enhanced and deformed, and eventually the game’s creatures would enlarge on the wall and play tricks on the crowd.

But despite the temporary excitement, people lose interest pretty quickly, especially in a city like Tokyo.

Akarium Project

Last Christmas, Omotesando Street in Aoyama was spiced up by a little bit of interactive play to these sixty objects, each of them being six meters high: the so called Akarium Project.

Anyone could call the collumns by mobile or over the internet and her or his voice would dynamically control the pulsation of the lights.

But is it Tokyo with it's high buildings, screens and neon signs, the right place for something like Akarium? However, the usage of cellphones it might improve the interest for interaction.