Snoop Dogg & Kanjani8

I had an "Uwaa~" moment when I saw this:

美しい日本のみなさんへ! 元気ですか⁈To the ppl of beautiful japan,how are u?? @kanjani8 @snoopifyapp @snoopdogg #snoopify #jpop twitter.com/SnoopDogg/stat…
— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) May 9, 2013

I'm just so happy that Kanjani8, my favorite Japanese band, is getting international acknowledgement. :)

Tokyo on a Budget

I found this really cool article on how to experience Tokyo for 4 days 3 nights on a budget of ¥10,000 or around $US125 (roughly php4,200) per person exclusive of plane fare. Sharing it to those who might be interested:

How to Spend 3 Nights in Tokyo All Included on 10,000yen

Hiragana Quick Review

I must confess that I've been slacking off on my study of both spoken and written Japanese for the past months. (sheepish) And I've discovered that I've forgotten some of what I had already learned before. So now I'm going to review my hiragana.

あ   い   う   え   お   -   a   i   u   e   o
か   き   く   け   こ   -   ka   ki   ku   ke   ko
さ   し   す   せ   そ   -   sa   shi   su   se   so
た   ち   つ   て   と   -   ta   chi   tsu   te   to
な   に   ぬ   ね   の   -   na   ni   nu   ne   no
は   ひ   ふ   へ   ほ   -   ha   hi   fu   he   ho
ま   み   む   め   も   -   ma   mi   mu   me   mo
や   ゆ   よ   -   ya   yu   yo
ら   り   る   れ   ろ   -   ra   ri   ru   re   ro
わ   を   -   wa   wo
ん   -   n

が   ぎ   ぐ   げ   ご   -   ga   gi   gu   ge   go
ざ   じ   ず   ぜ   ぞ   -   za   ji   zu   ze   zo
だ   ぢ   づ   で   ど   -   da   ji   zu   de   do
ば   び   ぶ   べ   ぼ   -   ba   bi   bu   be   bo
ぱ   ぴ   ぷ   ぺ   ぽ    -   pa   pi   pu   pe   po

That's it for now. I'm going to sleep. おやすみなさい。 (-_-)
  

Moving posts from my other blog

I'm thinking of moving my posts on Japanese TV from my anime and manga blog to here. Now if I can just stop watching the shows to actually work on my blogs. Hehe...

Japanese Music: Kanjani8 & Ryo Nishikido

Kanjani8

Kanjani8 is another Japanese boy band aside from KAT-TUN that I've come to love. I've only just discovered them this past week so I only know a few of their songs, but they make me feel lighter somehow. They have this fun and easygoing feel to them (although they look really serious in the photo). I feel uplifted when I listen to their songs and watch their videos.

Their song "Wahaha" I feel is going to be one of my favorites for a long time. As you can guess it's a song about laughter. I've been feeling down lately and this video has cheered me up a lot these past couple of days. I'll have to thank Kanjani8...

Ryo Nishikido

My favorite member of Kanjani8 is Ryo Nishikido. He's also an actor, and I began to like him after watching Ichi Rittoru no Namida. It was actually after watching Papa Doru, another one of Ryo's TV dramas, that I discovered Kanjani8.

Ryo-chan, as he is fondly called by his fans, also used to be a member of another Japanese boy band called NEWS. In fact, he was in both Kanjani8 and NEWS for some time. In 2011 he announced that he was leaving NEWS to concentrate on Kanjani8, stating conflict of activities schedule as the reason.

NEWS

This song "Code" is one of Ryo-chan's solos with NEWS. I just love it. It's a love song by the way. Translated, the chorus means: "I'll show you that I can protect every element that colors you. I'll be by your side no matter what. I will take away every little thing that saddens you, so let this love last a little longer... this love... this love."

Brr... the song gives me goosebumps. And he's so sexy in this live performance. Ooh... *melts* Ah, I've fallen in love with Ryo Nishikido. Hah!