tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65121999691388888442024-03-13T19:34:23.560+08:00Hakita ShiaraWoman outside. Superwoman inside.HAKITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13777447162394153145noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512199969138888844.post-37726247624745417222015-03-14T01:07:00.001+08:002018-11-29T01:42:48.096+08:00List of Arashi Songs (completed)<b>#</b><br />
15th Moon<br />
1992*4##111 <span style="background-color: white;">[<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]</span><br />
20825 Nichi me no Kyoku <span style="background-color: white;">[<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]</span><br />
5x10<br />
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<b>A</b><br />
Affection<br />
Akashi<br />
ALL or NOTHING<br />
Allergy<br />
Arashi no Mae no Shizukesa<br />
A.RA.SHI<br />
A Day in Our Life (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Ai o Sakebe<br />
Ai o Utaou<br />
Ai no Arashi <span style="background-color: white;">[<span style="color: lime;">Aiba</span>]</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Ai no Collection</span><br />
Ai to Yuuki to Cherry Pie<br />
Aishiteru to Ienai<br />
Aitsu to Lalabai<br />
Always<br />
Ano Hi no Merry Christmas<br />
Anti Anti [<span style="color: red;">Sho</span>]<br />
Aozora no Shita, Kimi no Tonari (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Aozora Pedaru (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Are You Ready Now?<br />
Ashita ni Mukatte<br />
Ashita no Kioku (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Asterisk<br />
Asu ni Mukatte Hoero<br />
Attack it!<br />
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<b>B</b><br />
Bang Bang<br />
Be With You<br />
Beautiful Days (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Believe (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Bite the Love [<span style="color: blue;">Ohno</span>]<br />
Bittersweet (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Blue<br />
Boku ga Boku no Subete<br />
Boom Boom<br />
Break the Law<br />
Breathless (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Buruudogu [<span style="color: red;">Sho </span>& <span style="color: blue;">Ohno </span>& <span style="color: magenta;">Matsujun</span>]<br />
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<b>C</b><br />
Calling (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Can't Let You Go [<span style="color: red;">Sho</span>]<br />
Can't Take my Eyes Off You [<span style="color: red;">Sho</span>]<br />
Caramel Song<br />
Carnival Night Part 2<br />
Carry on<br />
Cassette [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]<br />
Check no Muffler<br />
Chou Arigatou<br />
Circus<br />
Come Back To Me [<span style="color: magenta;">Matsujun</span>]<br />
CONFUSION<br />
Cool & Soul<br />
Cosmos<br />
Crazy Ground no Ousama<br />
Crazy Moon (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Cry For You<br />
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<b>D</b><br />
Dance in the Dark [<span style="color: magenta;">Matsujun</span>]<br />
Dandelion<br />
DANGAN-LINER<br />
Daremo Shiranai (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Days<br />
Dear My Friend<br />
Dear Snow (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Deep na Bouken<br />
Dekiru Dake<br />
Di-Li-Li<br />
Disco Star [<span style="color: lime;">Aiba</span>]<br />
Dive into the Future<br />
Do My Best<br />
Doko ni demo Aru Uta [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]<br />
Donna Kotoba de<br />
Don't Stop<br />
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<b>E</b><br />
Easy Crazy Break Down<br />
Endless Game (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Energy Song<br />
Ever<br />
Everybody Zenshin<br />
Everything (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Eyes With Delight<br />
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<b>F</b><br />
Face Down (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Fight Song<br />
FINAL REMIX ft Wish, Love So Sweet & One Love<br />
Firefly<br />
Flashback<br />
Fly<br />
Fly on Friday [<span style="color: red;">Sho</span>]<br />
Friendship [<span style="color: lime;">Aiba</span>]<br />
Fukkatsu Love<br />
Full of Love<br />
Funky<br />
Furusato<br />
Futari No Katachi<br />
Futari No Kinenbi<br />
Future<br />
Fuyu ga Hajimaruyo<br />
Fuyu no Nioi<br />
Fuyu o Dakishimete<br />
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<b>G</b><br />
Gift<br />
Gimmick Game [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]<br />
Gori Muchuu<br />
Graduation<br />
Green<br />
GUTS! (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
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<b>H</b><br />
Hadashi no Mirai (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Hanabi<br />
Hanasanai!<br />
Happiness (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Harukaze Sneaker<br />
Hatenai Sora (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Hello Goodbye [<span style="color: lime;">Aiba</span>]<br />
Helpless<br />
Hey Hey Lovin' You<br />
Hey Yeah! [<span style="color: red;">Sho</span>]<br />
Hero (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Himitsu [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]<br />
Hope in the Darkness<br />
Hip Hop Boogie [<span style="color: red;">Sho</span>]<br />
Horizon<br />
Hoshi no Freeway<br />
Hit The Floor [<span style="color: blue;">Ohno</span>]<br />
Hitomi no Naka no Galaxy (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Hitori Janai Sa<br />
Hitsuji wo Kazoe [<span style="color: lime;">Aiba</span>]<br />
How Can I Love<br />
How to Fly<br />
Hung Up On [<span style="color: blue;">Ohno</span>]<br />
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<b>I</b><br />
I Say<br />
I Want Somebody<br />
Ichioku no Hoshi<br />
Ima Ai o Katarou<br />
Imaging Crazy [<span style="color: blue;">Ohno</span>]<br />
Intergalactic<br />
Introduction~ STORM<br />
Iro Asenaide<br />
It's Good To Be Bad<br />
Itsuka no Summer [<span style="color: lime;">Aiba</span>]<br />
Itsumademo<br />
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<b>J</b><br />
JAM<br />
Janakute [<span style="color: lime;">Aiba</span>]<br />
Jidai (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Joy<br />
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<b>K</b><br />
Kagero<br />
Kakenukero!<br />
Kansha Kangeki Ame Arashi (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Kaze<br />
Kaze no Mukou e (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Kazemidori<br />
Keep a Peak<br />
Keep on Tryin'<br />
Kienu Omoi<br />
Kiiroi Namida<br />
Kimi Dake o Omotteru<br />
Kimi ga Iinda<br />
Kimi ga Iru Kara<br />
Kimi ga Waraeru Youni<br />
Kimi no Tame ni Boku ga Iru (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Kimi no Yume o Miteita<br />
Kimi wa Inai Kara<br />
Kimi wa Sukoshi mo Warukunai<br />
Kiss Kara Hajimeyou<br />
Kitto Daijoubu (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Koe<br />
Koi wa Break<br />
Koigokoro<br />
Kokoro Chirari<br />
Kono Mama Motto [<span style="color: red;">Sho</span>]<br />
Kono Te no Hira ni<br />
Konseki [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]<br />
Konya wa Boogie Back [<span style="color: red;">Sho</span>]<br />
Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Kumori Nochi, Kaisei (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>) [<span style="color: blue;">Ohno</span>]<br />
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<b>L</b><br />
La Familia [<span style="color: magenta;">Matsujun</span>]<br />
La Tormenta 2004<br />
Lai- Lai- Lai-<br />
Let Me Down<br />
LIFE<br />
Life Goes On<br />
Living Large<br />
Lotus (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Love Parade<br />
Love Rainbow (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Love Situation<br />
Love So Sweet (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Love Wonderland<br />
Lucky Man (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
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<b>M</b><br />
Maborashi<br />
Mada Minu Sekai e (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Mada Ue o<br />
Magic Hour<br />
Magical Song [<span style="color: lime;">Aiba</span>]<br />
Mattaku mo<br />
Meikyuu Love Song (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Merry Christmas [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]<br />
Mezashita Mirai e<br />
Michi<br />
Michi Double<br />
Midnight Train<br />
Miracle Summer<br />
Modoriame<br />
Monokuro<br />
Monster (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
More & More<br />
Morning Light<br />
Motto, Imayori<br />
Mou Ippo<br />
Move Your Body<br />
Movin' On<br />
Mr Cool [<span style="color: blue;">Ohno</span>]<br />
Mr Lonely<br />
Mukae ni Iku yo<br />
My Answer<br />
My Girl (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
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<b>N</b><br />
NA!! NA!! NA!!<br />
Naked [<span style="color: blue;">Matsujun</span>]<br />
Namida no Nagareboshi<br />
Nando Datte<br />
Natsu [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]<br />
Natsu no Namae<br />
Natsu no Owari ni Omou Koto<br />
Negai<br />
Nemuranai Karada<br />
Nice na Kokoroiki (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Niji [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]<br />
Niji no Kanata e<br />
No Rain~ No Rainbow~<br />
Nou Kazen [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]<br />
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<b>O</b><br />
Odoriko [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span> & <span style="color: lime;">Aiba</span>]<br />
Oh Yeah!<br />
OK! ALRIGHT! Ii Koi o Shiyou<br />
Okaeri<br />
On Sunday<br />
Onaji Sora no Shita de<br />
Once Again<br />
One Love (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
One More Time, One More Chance [<span style="color: magenta;">Matsujun</span>]<br />
One Step<br />
One Step Beyond<br />
Only Love<br />
Oorai!!<br />
Oretachi no Song [<span style="color: red;">Sho</span> & <span style="color: blue;">Ohno</span>]<br />
ORION [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]<br />
Over<br />
Overture<br />
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<b>P</b><br />
P.A.R.A.D.O.X (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Paretto<br />
Pikanchi (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Pikanchi Double (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
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<b>R</b><br />
Rain [<span style="color: blue;">Ohno</span>]<br />
Rainbow<br />
Raise Your Hands<br />
Rakuen [<span style="color: lime;">Aiba</span>]<br />
Ready to Fly<br />
Refrain<br />
Regress or Progress [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]<br />
Re(Mark)able<br />
Right Back to You<br />
Ringo Jyusu<br />
Rise & Shine<br />
Road to Glory<br />
Rock This<br />
Rock Tonight<br />
Rock You<br />
Romance<br />
Runaway Train<br />
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<b>S</b><br />
Sakura (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Sakura Sake (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Sama Nara Sanba [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span> & <span style="color: lime;">Aiba</span>]<br />
Sawarenai<br />
Sayounara no Ato de<br />
Scarface Groove<br />
Season<br />
Secret Eyes<br />
Shake it! [<span style="color: magenta;">Matsujun</span>]<br />
Shinchousa no Nai Koibito<br />
Shizuka na Yoru ni [<span style="color: blue;">Ohno</span>]<br />
Silver Ring<br />
Sirius<br />
Sketch [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]<br />
Smile<br />
Snowflake<br />
Song for Me [<span style="color: blue;">Ohno</span>]<br />
Sora Takaku<br />
Sore wa Yappari Kimi Deshita [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]<br />
Spiral<br />
Stand By Me [<span style="color: yellow;">Nino</span>]<br />
Starlight Kiss<br />
Stay Gold [<span style="color: magenta;">Matsujun</span>]<br />
Step & Go (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Still...<br />
Story<br />
Subarashi Sekai<br />
Success Street<br />
Sugar & Salt [<span style="color: red;">Sho</span>]<br />
Sukiyanen (Live)<br />
Summer Splash!<br />
Sunrise Nippon (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Super Fresh<br />
Super Star [<span style="color: magenta;">Matsujun</span>]<br />
Sync<br />
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<b>T</b><br />
Tabi wa Tsuzuku Yo<br />
Tabidachi no Asa<br />
T.A.B.O.O [<span style="color: red;">Sho</span>]<br />
Taiyou no Sekai<br />
Take Me Faraway [<span style="color: blue;">Ohno</span>]<br />
Take Off!!!!<br />
Te Agero<br />
Te Tsunagoo<br />
Tears<br />
Tell Me What You Wanna Be [<span style="color: magenta;">Matsujun</span>]<br />
Tell Me Why<br />
Thank You for My Days<br />
The Bubble<br />
The Road<br />
Time Capsule<br />
To be free (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Tobira<br />
Tochuugesha<br />
Together, Forever<br />
Tokei Jikake no Umbrella<br />
Tokyo Lovers Tune Night<br />
Tomadoi Nagara (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Top Secret [<span style="color: blue;">Ohno</span>]<br />
Touku Made<br />
Trap<br />
Troublemaker (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
True Heart [<span style="color: blue;">Ohno</span>]<br />
Truth (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Tsuide Oide<br />
Two [<span style="color: blue;">Ohno</span>]<br />
Typhoon Generation (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
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<b>U</b><br />
Up to You<br />
Utakata<br />
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<b>V</b><br />
Voice<br />
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<b>W</b><br />
W-me [<span style="color: magenta;">Matsujun</span>]<br />
Waiting for You<br />
Walking in the Rain<br />
Wanna be...<br />
Wasurerarenai<br />
WAVE<br />
Where is the Love [<span style="color: red;">Sho</span>]<br />
We Can Make It! (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
We Wanna Funk, We Need a Funk [<span style="color: magenta;">Matsujun</span>]<br />
Welcome to Our Party<br />
Wild at Heart (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Wish (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Wonderful<br />
Wow!!!<br />
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<b>Y</b><br />
Yabai Yabai Yabai [<span style="color: magenta;">Matsujun</span>]<br />
Yasashikutte Sukoshi Baka<br />
Yasei o Shiritai<br />
Yes? No?<br />
Yo Sora e no Tegami [<span style="color: lime;">Aiba</span>]<br />
Your Eyes (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
Your Song<br />
Yosaku [<span style="color: red;">Sho</span>]<br />
Yukiguni [<span style="color: blue;">Ohno</span>]<br />
Yume de Ii Kara [<span style="color: red;">Sho</span>]<br />
Yume Ni Kakeru<br />
Yurase, Ima wo<br />
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<b>Z</b><br />
Zero-G (<span style="color: orange;">MV</span>)<br />
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">Note: Please credit to my blog if you want to copy. The main sources of this list are from my libraries and Johnny's Page. I need to retype it since I can't copy directly from their page.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">I have all these songs. If you want, I will give you privately. Do comment on this post if you want. ^_^ ENJOY!</span></div>
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"A strong desire to travel"</div>
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I would rather own little and see the world,</div>
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than own the world but see little of it.</div>
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HAKITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13777447162394153145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512199969138888844.post-60069412269959332792014-09-04T18:39:00.002+08:002018-08-19T17:00:52.250+08:00Japanese School clean their classes everyday<div style="text-align: center;">
A typical day in Japanese School.<br />
I love seeing how happy they are when the cleaning session started.</div>
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Hope to see my country copy this culture.</div>
HAKITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13777447162394153145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512199969138888844.post-76415372526103876452014-08-11T21:56:00.000+08:002018-08-10T20:33:30.968+08:00Osaka Amazing Pass 2014Osaka is now offering very convenience pass for us, foreigner. Well I guess this pass is a must for someone who is now planning to go to Japan especially Osaka. What is it look like? There are two types of pass, one-day pass and two-day pass.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> 1day pass</span></div>
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One-day pass costs you 2300yen. It is cheap because you can travel all around the Osaka. Basically, al<span style="font-size: small;">most all subways and trains can be used by this pass. So, you should have no problem whi</span>le traveling using this pass. You can check the trains and subways <a href="http://www.osaka-info.jp/osp/en/kukan/kukan_1day.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Same goes to two-day pass. The routes and trains is same. And the price is even cheaper, 3000yen for two consecutive days. You can get them in Kansai International Airport, Osaka Information Centre, and hotels. To have details on where to buy, click <a href="http://www.osaka-info.jp/osp/en/buy/buy.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Okay, what is so special about these pass actually? You can get to enter 28 facilities for free by using this pass. For example, it can be used as ticket to enter museum, zoo, castle and many more. Check out the awesomeness of these <a href="http://www.osaka-info.jp/osp/en/facility/free.php" target="_blank">28 facilities</a>.</div>
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Then, you can enjoy the cheap cost of amazing experiences. Enjoy your trip. ^_^</div>
HAKITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13777447162394153145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512199969138888844.post-47893077263306134692014-06-26T16:56:00.002+08:002014-06-26T16:57:59.886+08:00Japan Trivia : Why do Japanese like to eat at food stalls?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Pic credit to <a href="http://muza-chan.net/japan/index.php/blog/japanese-edo-noodle-street-stall">muza-chan.net</a> "exactly like in edo, soba noodle portable vending stall</i>"</div>
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Outdoor carts and stands that sell ramen are popular even with young women. High school and college girls, who normally avoid restaurants that cater to middle-aged men, are willing to rub shoulders with older men at food stands.<br />
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According to one account, the source of widespread popularity of food carts dates back to the samurai era. During the Warring States period, fighting men were told to "eat fast, shit fast, and prepare fast". Soldiers must be ready to fight at any time.<br />
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Thus the fundamental principle was to eat and perform other bodily functions in short time. Eating quickly was part of the samurai's job.<br />
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The custom of eating quickly became widespread. In the Edo period, fast-food carts and children selling food from baskets suspended from shoulder poles were common sights in cities and towns.<br />
<br />HAKITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13777447162394153145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512199969138888844.post-16550578851895774182014-06-11T16:57:00.000+08:002018-08-10T20:30:39.218+08:00Japan Idol - Arashi<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: #ead1dc;">First, let me tell you guys, I'm not English native speaker, so I will mess up my word, spelling, grammar and blaa blaa blaa. I post in English because its good if other countries can read too, right? I will just use very simple word and sentences as long as I'm comfortable with it. Thanks! </span></div>
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Okay! Now hands up if you know Arashi!</div>
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Arashi is one of the talented group in Japan and I admit I love them. They are handsome enough for people around their aged. This year, 2014. Most of them already 30 years old and above. But yeah, <strike>I think</strike> most of Japanese get their handsomeness after they reached 30.</div>
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What makes me love Arashi? Of course their CHARMING. Hahaha. No lah, actually they are not so popular after their debuted. They debuted in Honolulu, Hawaii on 15 September 1999. Very young, they were very very very young at that time. I read about them, and also heard most of their story from my friend <strike>who shared our interest to Arashi</strike> to know them better.</div>
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I started to love them when my neighbor in our dormitory keep playing songs from Boku no Miteiru Fuukei concert all day long. I asked her, "eh! what group is this? why you keep listening to them??" then she replied "demm, u dunno them! they are my prince charming!" I started to google them andd naaaahhh I fall in love!!</div>
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Actually, Arashi slowly declined after the debuted and faced very gloomy years around 2002-2005. But then, Matsumoto Jun (Matsujun) got offered casting for HanaYori Dango main cast, Domyouji. They gained the popularity from Matsujun's drama.</div>
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I heard, at first Domyouji wanted the Rui role, but then when he thought about the gloomy years of Arashi, he finally decided to do Domyouji (even he likes cool character, Rui so much).</div>
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After that drama, they rapidly raising their popularity and gained a lot of awards. They are allowed to do their concert in Kokuritsu (very big stadium for National Olympic events) every year and be the only one idol use that stadium for <strike>I think</strike> 6 years consecutively!</div>
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Many great things I wanna share about this awesome group later! I think another awesomeness of Japan is Arashi. Don't you think so? I love how they are taking care towards each other. ^_^</div>
<br />HAKITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13777447162394153145noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512199969138888844.post-90895359197280979862014-05-29T13:58:00.000+08:002014-06-26T16:57:33.680+08:00Japan Trivia : Why do cars drive on the left in Japan?As you know, cars drive on the right in the United States and nearly all countries in Europe. Only in a few countries - the United Kingdom, Australia, India, Malaysia - do cars drive on the left as in Japan.<br />
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Australia used to be a British colony, as was India, so it's easy to understand why those countries drive on the left: they were imitating Britain. But why does Japan also stick to the left?<br />
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When Japan was Westernizing, it used Britain as a model for its railroads and many other things. You might think that automobile driving was copied as well, but in that case you would be wrong.<br />
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The keep-to-the-left tradition in Japan dates back even earlier than the Meiji period. There were no automobiles then, so the roads were used only by horse-drawn carts, palanquins, and pedestrians. The latter group included samurai who strutted along arrogantly, always keeping to the left, just as students at driving schools are taught to do today.<br />
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The samurai had a reason for walking on the left. The swords they wore at their waists usually hung to the left, so they had to walk on the left side of the road in order to be able to draw their swords quickly.<br />
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To avoid bumping into samurai and making them angry, the carts and other passersby followed the samurai and kept to the left. Following this tradition, it was decided in 1900 that both pedestrians and vehicles should keep to the left.<br />
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In 1950, the rule was changed and required only cars to stay on the left. As automobile use began to grow, pedestrians were shifted to the right. Although lip service is paid to putting pedestrians first, in today's car-obsessed Japan everyone knows that cars, like samurai of old, barge down the roads and force others to get out their way.<br />
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<i>Credit:Japan Trivia-Simple Questions Research Association </i></div>
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Plan to go to Japan but didn't know what to do once arrives? Here's some tips and places that you never can get in other countries. If you are already in Japan, try all of these so that you won't miss out Japan's uniqueness.<br />
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<li><b>Visit a<i> pachinko</i> parlour</b></li>
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What is p<i>achinko</i>? It is a huge entertainment rooms with row after row of vertical pinball machines patronised by people of all ages. Every town has its <i>pachinko </i>parlours.<i> Pachinko </i>is a mechanical game originating in Japan and is used as both a form of recreational arcade game and much more frequently as a gambling device.<br />
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<i>Ryokan </i>or in English we called it Japanese Inn. <i>Ryokan </i>is a type of hotel / homestay that let travelers experience how Japanese stay in the Tatami-matted rooms, with communal baths, and also have public bath as well. Besides, travelers may wear yukata provided in each <i>ryokan </i>and talk with the <i>ryokan </i>owners.<br />
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Most <i>ryokan</i> offer dinner and breakfast, which are often included in the price of the room. Most visitors take their meals at the <i>ryokan</i>, which usually promote themselves on the quality of their food.<br />
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<li><b><i> </i>Travel in the bullet train</b></li>
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Have you experience this before? It is very expensive for me since my country's currency is below Japan currency yet it is best experience to treasure. I depart from Osaka and arrived in Hiroshima Station. The bullet train or <i>shinkansen </i>is one of the best thing you should try when you go to Japan.<br />
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Outdoor carts and stands that sell ramen are popular even with young women. It is doesn't matter what you eat, but how you feel when you eat in the stand food stalls matter. You might suddenly realize why Japanese people like to eat at food stalls. During the samurai era, they believed soldier must be ready to fight anytime. So, <i>"eat fast, shit fast, and prepare fast". </i>The style of food style begin during that time.<br />
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<li><b>See sumo or <i>kabuki</i></b></li>
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Most people regard sumo as the national sport of Japan, so the grand champions of sumo, the <i>yokozuna</i>, are supposed to have not only strength and skill but also character. While <i>kabuki</i> is a classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theater is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers.<br />
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For me, to clean yourself in public with people we don't know is embarrassing. But still you can visit the Japanese public bath. Some of them is open 24 hours. You can even sleep at the public bath if you don't want to go back to your home / hotel.<br />
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Capsule hotel is a type of hotel developed in Japan that features a large number of extremely small "rooms" (capsules) intended to provide cheap, basic overnight accommodation for guests who do not require the services offered by more conventional hotels.The guest room is a modular plastic or fiberglass block roughly 2 by 1 by 1.25 m (6 ft 7 in by 3 ft 3 in by 4 ft 1 in). Facilities differ, but most include a television, an electronic console, and wireless internet connection.<br />
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<li><b>Picnic under cherry blossom</b></li>
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Cherry blossom or sakura is Japan national identity. Sakura can be found in Japan especially during spring. When is the most suitable time to have the picnic under sakura tree? Go to Japan during sakura view time (<span style="color: black;">Hanami</span>). It is usually around early of April.<br />
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By doing this, you will always realize and remember that you are now in Japan because you will never seen any other <i>geisha</i> outside Japan. Enjoy viewing it and observe how they behave with the <i>geisha</i> costumes. <i>Geisha</i> is a traditional Japanese female entertainers who act as hostesses and whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music, dance and games.<br />
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Okay, enjoy do things in Japan. There's thousand more interesting things to do and hundred more exciting places to go. But try all those things above first. ^_^HAKITAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13777447162394153145noreply@blogger.com0