Showing posts with label 1988. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1988. Show all posts
Thursday, July 16, 2026

Osaka Songs - Part 2

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  A friend of mine went to Japan for vacation about a month ago. Last time we spoke he was on the train headed to Osaka. While he was planni...
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Monday, June 15, 2026

KAN -- Iezu no I Love You（言えずのI LOVE YOU）

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  Unfortunately, I have to start this week of KKP with another fuhou （訃報）. She wasn't a singer...at least, not a professional one, but ...
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Friday, June 12, 2026

Toshinobu Kubota -- Dance If You Want It

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  Haven't seen J-funkster Toshinobu Kubota（久保田利伸） for a while. Hope he's doing fine wherever he is. From time to time, I come across...
Saturday, June 6, 2026

Senri Oe -- Wallabee Nugi Sutete（ワラビーぬぎすてて）/Glory Days

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  You're getting the 2-for-1 deal today with singer-songwriter Senri Oe（大江千里）. Yup, two songs in one article...neither of which I have ...
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Friday, June 5, 2026

"Telephone" Songs

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Infrogmation of New Orleans via Wikimedia Commons I can say that the above looks just like the first telephone that I ever saw in my apartme...
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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Teruhiko Aoi/Miyoko Yoshimoto -- Sentimental Carnival（センチメンタル・カーニバル）

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  Another blistering day out there. As such, this has been the earliest that our family has pulled out the air conditioner and activated it....
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Saturday, May 16, 2026

Joleen Benoit -- Tokyo Girl/Tokyo Woman

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Hello, J-Canuck here. We have another article by occasional contributor Fireminer . Following the video, he'll take over the narrative....
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Sunday, May 10, 2026

"Good" Songs

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Wikimedia Commons No particularly good reason to do so but I just wanted to post up another Author's Picks with the theme today being ...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Mami Yamase -- Hoshizora no Etranger（星空のエトランゼ）/Michael Ondo（マイケル音頭）

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  I've heard of the manga "What's Michael?" before and apparently it deals with the adventures of a rather unique portly ...
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Friday, April 24, 2026

Miho Nakayama -- Sweetest Lover

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Happy Friday! We're at the end of another work week so as far as "Kayo Kyoku Plus" is concerned, it's time for some urba...
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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Moon Songs 2 (Oh, What the Heck...Let's Bring in the Rest of the Solar System!)

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NASA via Wikimedia Commons It's another Hump Day here on Kayo Kyoku Plus,  but I have to admit that it's looking really nice outsid...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

The Works of Mariya Takeuchi 2（竹内まりや）

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  Oh, dopey me. I'm four days late in wishing singer-songwriter Mariya Takeuchi a Happy Birthday ! But here's hoping that her fami...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2026

TM NETWORK -- BEYOND THE TIME ~Möbius no Sora wo Koete~ （メビウスの宇宙を越えて）

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  Hello, J-Canuck here. I've got another article via Fireminer . Enjoy! In my previous post about TM NETWORK’s “Come On Everybody” , ...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2026

J-Canuck's Five Favourite Misato Watanabe Tunes（渡辺美里）

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  Once again, we have come to Hump Day and at least here in Toronto , it certainly feels and looks like a Hump Day meteorologically speakin...
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Saori Tsuchiya -- Nantoka Shite（何とかして）

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  Awww...isn't this adorable? This was a commercial for one of my favourite drinks, Calpis , and the title for this ad includes the name...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Yoshimi Yokosuka -- Breathless

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  Another new face to add to the files of "Kayo Kyoku Plus" , Yoshimi Yokosuka（横須賀昌美） has been recognized on J-Wiki as a model a...
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Friday, February 13, 2026

A Few of Those Champagne-and-Caviar City Pop Songs as a Review

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  I've often referred to the Japanese asset price bubble which arguably lasted from around 1986 to 1991 . Commonly it's known as th...

Azusa Nakamura -- Fu......（ふっ……）

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  Azusa Nakamura（中村あずさ） is an actress, emcee and tarento who I used to see all the time on dramas and variety shows when I was living in Jap...
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Midori Hara -- KO・KO・RO・NOTE (Part 2)

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From Discogs Last Friday , I provided an article featuring Side A of Midori Hara's（ 原みどり ）sophomore album from March 1988 ,  "KO・K...
Sunday, February 8, 2026

Five Favourite Songs by Sing Like Talking

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Amazon.ca Well, it's been quite a day already although I'm typing this before noon. The Winter Olympics are on, the Super Bowl will...
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