Do you ever wonder how the people around stars treat them? The few times I’ve seen behind-the-scenes with celebrities, it struck me that the staff tend to be overprotective of their wards like they were royalty or rare diamonds that need to be guarded 24/7. I’m sure they are considering the amount of money they…
“So what if they copied Arashi? No one knows Arashi anyway outside Japan.” I find it amusing every time people say Arashi is known “only in Japan” It reminds me of that phrase “Big in Japan” to refer to those fads that are well known only in the Land of the Rising Sun but not…
It started out with the news that Sir Paul McCartney will be performing at Kokuritsu again because Koku is now free-for-all and they badly need money for the renovation. The last time Sir Paul performed in Tokyo, Sho went to watch with his parents. On the other hand, Arashi fans know that Jun is a…
Today is International Happiness Day. Such serendipity when I started my day with a tweet quoting Arashi’s happiness guru, Aiba Masaki: “Smile because good things may happen.” Or at least he said something along those lines. When I tweeted it, I didn’t know then today’s significance though it does bother me that the world needs…
Someone recently asked me what Arashi songs I would recommend. The person was obviously not an Arashi fan but she got curious “because they are so famous in Japan”. Off the bat, I would recommend these songs: A.Ra.Shi – because it’s their debut song and it sold over a million copies, which in itself is…
It may be an exaggeration to say this — and words that I may be eating back sooner or later — but right now, MAN FROM THE STARS trumps all the other dramas I have watched. I won’t dwell on the drama itself because I have previously blogged on the reasons why it’s worth a…
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