13 February 2012

YUI Official Online Store Opens For Overseas Fans!

YUI Official Online Store

YUI, singer and songwriter who has just completed her fifth national tour titled "YUI 5th Tour 2011-2012 Cruising -HOW CRAZY YOUR LOVE-" in Okinawa on January 25. He toured to 20 cities and attracted more than 50,000 spectators.

On December 18 and January 19, YUI also performed two days at the Tokyo Nippon Budokan. 20.000 fans gathered, hypnotized by the selected song and sung from his new album "HOW CRAZY YOUR LOVE" (the first position on the Oricon weekly chart) also hits his song "Good-bye days" and "CHE.R.RY".

With the end of the tour this time, online merchandise store from the official tour of YUI was released to all the fans, including fans from the outside of Japan. Official Merchandise from the national tour of "YUI 5th Tour 2011-2012 Cruising - HOW YOUR LOVE CRAZY," is now available for everyone!

<==YUI 5th Tour 2011-2012 Cruising – HOW CRAZY YOUR LOVE- Official Goods Store==>

http://www.official-store.jp/yui-cn/

*Price in Yen, but you can choose the currency used in parts of payment.

source : http://asfansclub.com/
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Mayu Watanabe cosplay as Sheryl Nome from Macross Frontier at Tokyo Big Site

Watanabe Mayu Sheryl Nome
AKB48 recently held a fan meeting in Tokyo Big Site, and one member of AKB48 is known for her love to Anime, Watanabe Mayu (Mayuyu), wearing Sheryl Nome Cosplay, a character from Macross Frontier.

Mayuyu who feel the heat at this event, commented "As I expected, I do not much like Sheryl, I do not have a great body as Sheryl, so it is not possible, I seem to be dressed and behaved like Ranka" (other anime characters in the Macross Frontier, which he used in last year's cosplay event)

The following are the picture :

Watanabe Mayu Sheryl Nome

Watanabe Mayu Sheryl Nome

Watanabe Mayu Sheryl Nome

Mayuyu as Ranka at the cosplay event last year.

Watanabe Mayu Ranka
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12 February 2012

Why are Japanese Anime Always Wear Western Face Standards?

K-ON Anime

Anime characters have hair and eyes like the color of the rainbow (variety), and they do not look like Japanese society in general, and various anime characters, is based on Japanese standards of beauty, such as the Supermodel from the West.

A Japanese forum taking a samples of the Caucasian skulls (west) and the Asian skulls, and compare the structure of the face between the Caucasian girl and a Japanese girl, and they also display an image face of K-ON character, Yui Hirasawa's face when using the Japanese standard, which is not as cute when wearing the the Caucasian standard, therefore a lot of Japanese anime characters always wear the face of western standards.

Comparison beetwen Caucasian and Asian

But I think, that about cosplay. Certainly, Asian faces (especially the Japanese people) is most suitable with anime characters.

Yui Hirasawa Cosplay

So, what do you think?
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11 February 2012

Do You want a Warm Underwear?

It was really only exist in Japan.

February is winter time in the Sakura Country. And this year the snow fell so heavily in almost all cities in Japan, especially in Tokyo. But there is good news for those who live not far from Akihabara. There is one store that sells ... Warm Underwear.

Warm Underwear

Yup. They put all the panties into the food warmer machine. Available in three colors to choose according to taste: pink, green, and blue. Each piece of underwear sold for 800 yen (about 10.3 USD).

And interestingly, they sell them like they're selling steamed buns. Staff taking a rolled-up pants with tongs and put it into wrapping paper.

Warm Underwear

Warm Underwear
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Poll: Anime Character Would You Like to Give Chocolate on Valentine's Day

Anime Valentine

Livedoor site has just posted a poll about "Anime Character would you like to give chocolate on Valentine's Day"

The following results :

For Male Anime Character

Character Anime Valentine

  1. Gintoki Sakata - Gintama
  2. Monkey D Luffy - One Piece
  3. Roronoa Zoro - One Piece
  4. Toshiro Hijikata- Gintama
  5. Hibari Kyouya - Hitman REBORN!
For Female Anime Character


Mio Akiyama Valentine Chocolate

  1. Mio Akiyama - K-on!
  2. Azusa Nakano - K-on!
  3. Yui Hirasawa - K-on!
  4. Mikoto Misaka - A Certain Scientific Railgun
  5. Sheryl Nome - Macross Frontier
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Top 10 Best Japanese Ghost Towns

Places or town is known as haikyo, a Japanese word that means ruins. And this is a list of 10 of the most historic and most horrific city in Japan.

1. Sports World Theme Park
Is a large theme park featuring a hotel, mini-golf, fitness center, swimming pool, wave pool, etc. After being abandoned for 20 years, this place is overgrown with grass. lots of animal sounds such as screaming monkeys, owls at night, increase the spooky of this place.

Sports World Theme Park

Sports World Theme Park

Sports World Theme Park

Sports World Theme Park

2. Fuchu U.S. Air Force Base
Air Force base at Fuchu, built during World War II and abandoned in the 1980s.

Fuchu U.S. Air Force Base

Fuchu U.S. Air Force Base

Fuchu U.S. Air Force Base

3. Matsuo Ghost Town
Matsuo mine in northern Japan was opened in 1914 and closed in 1969. In its glory, this mine is the largest sulfur mine in the East. Its has 4000 workforce, and the wider population of 15,000 people, all accommodated in a emergency town in the Hachimantai Park mountains. The city is also known as "Heaven on a Cloud"

Matsuo Ghost Town

Matsuo Ghost Town

Matsuo Ghost Town

Matsuo Ghost Town

4. Akasaka Love Hotel
Akasaka Love Hotel located at the end of the strip in a quiet country road in western Tokyo. The hotel was  closed after three years of operation, it is unclear why the hotel closed, but from the news circulated because it rarely visitor to the hotel.

Akasaka Love Hotel

Akasaka Love Hotel

Akasaka Love Hotel

5. The Toyo Bowling Alley
Yokoi came to Tokyo in 1928. In 1957, he was the manager of a bowling alley and department stores. In 1958, he was shot by Yakuza gangsters to 20 million yen in outstanding debt - but he survived. In 1987, he established Toyo Bowling. It has 108 lines, and is the largest bowling alley in Japan. In 1991, he bought the Empire State Building in New York. and then the place went bankrupt in 1999.

Toyo Bowling Alley

Toyo Bowling Alley

Toyo Bowling Alley

Toyo Bowling Alley

6. Osarizawa Factory and Mine
Gold and copper mining in the mine Osarizawa began at 7th century and closed in 1978. Now the site is owned by Mitsubishi museum. One legend involves the mine Osarizawa Lion-headed Gorgon with the wings of the phoenix, cow foot and head of the snake, terrible roar for children in nearby villages.

Osarizawa Factory and Mine

Osarizawa Factory and Mine

Osarizawa Factory and Mine

7. The Russian Village Theme Park
A huge complex which was originally used for recreation ended up to be a tremendous failure. The Russian Village Theme Park in Niigata was opened in 2002 but was closed just 6 months later due to lack of visitors.

The Russian Village Theme Park

The Russian Village Theme Park

The Russian Village Theme Park

The Russian Village Theme Park

8. Keishin Radiology Hospital
Keishin Hospital in Kanagawa prefecture was once the leading hospital with super high-tech radiology equipment. And this place was destroyed by the act of vandals.

Keishin Radiology Hospital

Keishin Radiology Hospital

Keishin Radiology Hospital

Keishin Radiology Hospital

9. Ashio Dozan Ghost Town
Ashio Dozan is a mining town in the mountains about 200 kilometers northwest of Tokyo, and is famous in Japanese history as the site of extreme environmental damage. The city was largely abandoned 40 years ago, the mines and factories closed, and new standards in environmental care is called for at the highest national level.

Ashio Dozan Ghost Town

Ashio Dozan Ghost Town

Ashio Dozan Ghost Town

Ashio Dozan Ghost Town

10. Yamanaka Lake's Lost Bunker
is an underground bunker with Lake Yamanaka in the shadow of Mount Fuji. This place is not populated and the history of this place was unclear. Finally, the mystery was solved by an explorer who has found a magazine featuring a logo on the location of Bunkerit belongs to Sanyo Securities brokerage firm, which went bankrupt in 1999.

Yamanaka Lake's Lost Bunker

Yamanaka Lake's Lost Bunker

Yamanaka Lake's Lost Bunker
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