Showing posts with label Masato Sugimoto. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Masato Sugimoto. Show all posts
Monday, June 22, 2026

Aya Shimazu -- Tokai no Suzume（都会の雀）

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  Enka singer Aya Shimazu（島津亜矢） has been a frequent presence on shows such as "Shin BS Nihon no Uta" （新BS日本の歌） , and for good reas...
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Monday, November 10, 2025

Naomi Chiaki -- Fuyudonari（冬隣）

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  Well, it wasn't quite Snowmageddon , thankfully, but there was still enough snow falling yesterday and today to snarl up a lot of traf...
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Saturday, October 18, 2025

Fuyumi Sakamoto -- Horoyoi Mangetsu（ほろ酔い満月）

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  Getting drunk under a full moon, eh? Must be a September in Ueno Park then during tsukimi season. It probably does happen a fair bit altho...
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Monday, June 16, 2025

Chiyuki Asami -- Sushi Ya de...（鮨屋で…）

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  Welcome to another work week at KKP ! To start things off, I received a message from a downtown foodie emporium that Wednesday June 18th i...
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Monday, May 5, 2025

Miki Sawada -- Tengoku kara no Yakusoku（天国からの約束）

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  Commenter Brian Mitchell and I were having a brief discussion on that recent Harumi Miyako（都はるみ） article where singers' works can int...
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Saturday, July 20, 2024

Michiru Yuasa -- Osozaki no Hero（遅咲きのHERO）

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  A few weeks ago, we were watching NHK's "Shin BS Nihon no Uta" （新・BS日本のうた） on Jme , and thankfully, it's finally return...
Sunday, February 4, 2024

Chiyuki Asami -- Tasogare Cinema（黄昏シネマ）

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  The above is a theatre near the Toei Animation Museum in Nerima Ward, Tokyo . My friend and I visited the museum in 2014 although we didn...
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Sunday, August 6, 2023

Akiko Ozawa -- Hachi-gatsu no Christmas（八月のクリスマス）

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  We've got our long weekend right now with tomorrow (Monday) being a Civic Holiday and all. With Toronto going into August , we can l...
Saturday, December 10, 2022

Cheuni/Masato Sugimoto -- Ichijikan dake no Christmas Eve（一時間だけのクリスマス・イヴ）

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  Well, I've got most of the cards out and I've got some that have come in. One card that I received yesterday was from my old Engli...
Thursday, September 8, 2022

Tetsuya Watari & Ayumi Ishida -- Wakare Michi（わかれ道）

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  Last night, I was watching a 1986 episode of "The Best 10" from the collection that former contributor and good friend JTM had ...
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Saturday, September 3, 2022

Sayuri Ishikawa -- Natsu, Ureshii ne/Osaka no Onna（夏、うれしいね・大阪のおんな）

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  Summer has come back with a blast here today as the heat and humidity have soared once more. The Canadian National Exhibition , one of our...
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Thursday, May 19, 2022

Tamako Sakura -- Tokyo Musume（東京娘）

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  When I first listened to this song, "Tokyo Musume" (Tokyo Girl) which was recorded by Tamako Sakura（桜たまこ） as her 2nd single i...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022

Cheuni/Masato Sugimoto -- Hoshizora no Tokyo（星空のトーキョー）

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  Indeed, it is Golden Week in Japan , and so as such, regular TV programming is non-existent; it's been replaced by a bunch of special...
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Sunday, November 14, 2021

Cheuni/Masato Sugimoto -- Tokyo ni Yuki ga Furu（Tokyoに雪が降る）

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Good heavens! It's been almost 6 years since I wrote up an article on South Korean singer Cheuni（チェウニ） and her blend of Mood Kayo and C...
Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Kaori Kozai -- Stage Light（ステージライト）

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  I was watching "Uta Con" （うたコン） last night as would usually be the case on a Tuesday , and the theme was requests so I saw perfo...
Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Johnny Yoshinaga -- Go-gatsu no Kaze（五月の風）

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  Back in October 2019 , I wrote up an article on "Sweet My Baby" and "Open Your Eyes" , a couple of songs by rock ban...
Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Hiroshi Itsuki/Akira Kobayashi -- Tooki Showa no...（遠き昭和の…）

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  Last night, NHK's "Uta Con" （うたコン） had its final episode for the year and not surprisingly, it wasn't quite the usual su...
Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Yoshimi Tendo -- Hinode Mae（日の出前）

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For the first time in over 2 months, NHK's "Uta Kon" （うたコン） refrained from its regimen of several weeks of viewer request...
Thursday, September 15, 2016

Naomi Chiaki/Masato Sugimoto -- Akai Hana (紅い花)

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Besides giving me my first karaoke experience , the karaoke bar in Sugamo had also allowed me to listen to songs I had otherwise not heard ...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Cheuni -- Tokyo Twilight （トーキョー・トワイライト）

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I believe I've seen Korean-born singer Cheuni （チェウニ） at least a couple of times on NHK's "Kayo Concert" since the name ra...