Helloasia is currently collecting welcome messages for L’Arc-en-Ciel upcoming concert in Singapore in their blog. Whether you are a fan or not, lets welcome L’Arc-en-Ciel to Singapore! What’s more when you leave a welcome message, you stand a chance to win a pair of ticket on the 28th April concert! So if you are interested, click on here now!
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Oricon has revealed the Weekly Chart for 31 October, and we bring the top three Singles on this Oricon Chart On the top place, NMB 48 with its singles “Oh My God!”, which released on 19th October and the sales already reached 265,435 copies. http://static.tokyohive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20111025_single.jpeg And here’s the short PV of “Oh My God”. Nice song, and also attractive PV. [ Read More ]
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The popular manga by Hatori Bisco, which had an anime adaptation in 2006 followed by a live-action television series adaptation this year, will also have a live-action movie coming up in March 2012! However that is not the main point for this article, as that piece of news is considered rather old, considering the movie was announced in late Aug 2011. Besides having the [ Read More ]
Currently NTU is in week 9 of this academic semester! Most of the midterms and assignments deadlines are usually cluttered around this period. Therefore to help relieve the constant boring mugging, I am going to share with you all some upcoming dramas (Japanese ones of course =D) for you to enjoy during your rest time. The downside of this article [ Read More ]
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Technically, the Kandai-ben is not a single dialect but a group of related dialects in the region. However, due to the size of Ousaka city and the media exposure of its speakers, non-Kansai-ben speakers tend to associate the Ousaka dialect with the entire Kansai region. Riding the wave of Ousaka Day last month, here are some common vocabularies and phrases [ Read More ]
Kannazuki (神無月) is a traditional name for the tenth month in the traditional Japanese calendar, literally translated as ‘the month when there are no gods’. Shinto (神道) is the indigenous spiritualirt of Japan and the Japanese people and teaches that everything contains a kami, or a spiritual essence. Collectively termed ‘Yaoyorozu no Kami’ (八百万の神), literally meaning ‘eight million kami’, it [ Read More ]
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Japanese Cultural Festival 2012 is coming up in 4 days! There will be dance performance, fun games and much more. The dance performance would be performed by our very own NKB during these timing: Mon: From 2:15pm Tue: From 12:45pm Wed : From 12:45pm Do catch them as they make their way down from South Spine to North Spine. Also, [ Read More ]
On the day of 21st December 2011, it was a memorable day for us because we were having the first ever Christmas Party in JAC’s history! *yay*
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Helloasia is currently collecting welcome messages for L’Arc-en-Ciel upcoming concert in Singapore in their blog. Whether you are a fan or not, lets welcome L’Arc-en-Ciel to Singapore! What’s more when you leave a welcome message, you stand a chance to win a pair of ticket on the 28th April concert! So if you are interested, click on here now!
Japanese Cultural Festival 2012 is coming up in 4 days! There will be dance performance, fun games and much more. The dance performance would be performed by our very own NKB during these timing: Mon: From 2:15pm Tue: From 12:45pm Wed : From 12:45pm Do catch them as they make their way down from South Spine to North Spine. Also, [ Read More ]
On the day of 21st December 2011, it was a memorable day for us because we were having the first ever Christmas Party in JAC’s history! *yay*
Osaka Day on 27th October 2011, was a success. Thank you to everyone who turned up to make the event a fun and joyous one. On 27th October, at 6.30pm: Upon entering the tutorial room, everybody had to pay a small fee of $1 or $1.50. Once inside, all of us settled down on the chairs anxiously waiting for the [ Read More ]
Technically, the Kandai-ben is not a single dialect but a group of related dialects in the region. However, due to the size of Ousaka city and the media exposure of its speakers, non-Kansai-ben speakers tend to associate the Ousaka dialect with the entire Kansai region. Riding the wave of Ousaka Day last month, here are some common vocabularies and phrases [ Read More ]
Kannazuki (神無月) is a traditional name for the tenth month in the traditional Japanese calendar, literally translated as ‘the month when there are no gods’. Shinto (神道) is the indigenous spiritualirt of Japan and the Japanese people and teaches that everything contains a kami, or a spiritual essence. Collectively termed ‘Yaoyorozu no Kami’ (八百万の神), literally meaning ‘eight million kami’, it [ Read More ]
The popular manga by Hatori Bisco, which had an anime adaptation in 2006 followed by a live-action television series adaptation this year, will also have a live-action movie coming up in March 2012! However that is not the main point for this article, as that piece of news is considered rather old, considering the movie was announced in late Aug 2011. Besides having the [ Read More ]
Oricon has revealed the Weekly Chart for 31 October, and we bring the top three Singles on this Oricon Chart On the top place, NMB 48 with its singles “Oh My God!”, which released on 19th October and the sales already reached 265,435 copies. http://static.tokyohive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/20111025_single.jpeg And here’s the short PV of “Oh My God”. Nice song, and also attractive PV. [ Read More ]
Date/Day: 27th October 2011, Thursday Time: 6.30pm (movie starts at 7.30pm sharp) Venue: TR120 (South Spine) *Register online at http://tiny.cc/osakaday Members: $1.00 Non-members: $1.50 *Walk-in Members: $1.50 Non-members: $2.00
On the 15th and 16th of September, students from Waseda University came to Singapore for a visit. Students from our very own JAC were assigned to bring them around NTU and Singapore. On the first day, unfortunately, as I was in class, I missed their arrival in NTU. Nevertheless, from the photos taken by our wonderful IT sub-comm and Eric, [ Read More ]
Currently NTU is in week 9 of this academic semester! Most of the midterms and assignments deadlines are usually cluttered around this period. Therefore to help relieve the constant boring mugging, I am going to share with you all some upcoming dramas (Japanese ones of course =D) for you to enjoy during your rest time. The downside of this article [ Read More ]
In Tohoku, there are three main festivals in summer. Akita’s Kanto Matsuri, Sendai’s Tanabata Matsuri and Aomori Nebuta Matsuri. I am going to start this week by introducing Kanto Matsuri. Kanto Matsuri, is held during early August, around 3rd to 6th August each year. In the day, there are a lot of delicious food and games to play. The main [ Read More ]
