TV: Kohaku and Arashi make history

If this year’s NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen is a movie, it would top the boxoffice. If it were an album or single, it would top the charts. This year’s audience applications broke the 1 million mark and totaled 1,264,923. This year’s hosts are Arashi (second time) and howdoyouspellhername Inoue Mao (first time). Only 1,234 (what’s…

it’s tea time!

I can’t help but laugh whenever Kageyama (Sakurai Sho) stops everything he’s doing in Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de to make way for what he calls as “tea time”. It reminds me of a British friend, who, a few minutes before 4pm, would be puttering about and making herself tea. Without fail. I actually…