Comedian Okamura Takashi (pictured above) of the comedy duo 99 celebrates the new year with his choir of daruma painted derrieres.
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Urbanation: Tokyo
Doing the rounds on the torrent sites right now is the Tokyo edition of a half-hour travel show called URBANATION, which I just had a look at. Covers a lot of things I’ve mentioned here, so I think a lot of you would probably enjoy waching it, especially if you’ve never been to Tokyo. It starts off with a tour of Tokyo Tower with Fantastic Plastic Machine’s Tanaka, and then goes through shopping areas (Daikanyama, Harajuku), Para Para, DJing, etc.
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The BBC in JPN
This might be nice.
BBC Worldwide Ltd, the commercial arm of the British Broadcasting Corp, and digital data broadcaster Japan MediArk Co, launched BBC Japan on Wednesday, the first BBC wholly owned entertainment channel especially developed for audiences in Japan.
BBC Japan offers TV viewers across the country a mix of comedy, drama, factual entertainment, children’s and learning programming, as well as talk shows and documentaries. Most of the programs are subtitled in Japanese. The 24-hour channel is offered at a monthly fee of 735 yen. It will be broadcast on channel 025 of Sky PerfecTV 110 on the CS 110 degree satellite. (Kyodo News)
I get the BBC WORLD news channel on Sky PerfecTV, but I think getting some non-news stuff from the UK might be nice. If there’s anything out there like THE OFFICE (probably the funniest series I’ve seen in years), then I’ll be quite happy.
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Girls of Todai
A TV crew from TV Tokyo approached Yuko today at school, asking her to be part of the segment they were shooting for a “Girls of Tokyo University” bit. I’m not sure on the name of the program, but it airs Saturday nights.
TV variety show host Matthew Minami, who appeared in “Lost in Translation,” clowns around with Aya Sugimoto (in black) and another guest during a news conference to announce “Matthew’s Summer Festa” to be held at Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise on Aug 21 before 10,000 fans.
I had a laugh when I saw this on the Japan Today site. I watch MATTHEW’S BEST HIT TV every week. Matthew is actually comedian Fujii Takashi, and that other guest they mention is Clair, a character played by one of the members of the combi Mori Sanchu.
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The Fuccon Family
A while back Patrick had lent me his copy of The Fuccon Family DVD, and since I’m meeting him tonight and giving it back, I decided to watch it again this morning. If you don’t know what this is about, check my previous posts about the OH! MIKEY series. This is basically the precursor to OH! MIKEY, featuring the same family, but a bit more, hmmm, black maybe? Papa and mama keep leaving Mikey all by his lonesome, adultry galore (“Mikey, this is your new dad.”), and Mikey wakes up one morning to find that he has a huge sunflower in his crotch area. Must-see TV. Also, last week saw the release of a fifth OH! MIKEY DVD.
I am so annoyed that most of the Euro 2004 games are only available on pay channel WOWOW here in Japan. I so want to watch that Spain/Portugal match tonight. It’s simply unbelievable that a major world (OK, Europe, but come on, this is next biggest deal after the World Cup) tournament like this is not shown entirely on terrestrial broadcast TV. After the Netherlands match from last night, there aren’t anymore games until the 26 (the start of the quarter finals). Aaargghhhhh…