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Bridging the gap between eastern and western culture. The leaf of the Ginkgo was a symbol of friendship to whom he dedicated the poem to.

Ginkgo comes from Ginkgo Biloba, a tree known for its unique fan-shaped leaves that turn golden yellow in the fall. It is also the title of a poem written by Goethe, published in his work 'West–östlicher Divan (West-Eastern Diwan),’ which was inspired by the Persian poet Hafez. Goethe’s inspiration to write ‘Ginkgo Biloba' is the impetus of this journal to catalogue people, places, and stories that are bridging the gap between eastern and western culture.

22/08/2022

The history of Kaga Yuzen dyeing dates back 500 years, to when Umezome (plain dyeing) was the distinctive dyeing technique of the Kaga district. Kaga Yuzen uses five basic colors, know to them as Kaga-gosai: indigo, crimson, ocher, dark green and royal purple, and the designs depict beautiful elements of nature such as flowers, birds and landscapes.

This kimono in particular focuses on Japanese maple leaves (Momiji) gently floating across water in beautiful shades of purple, lavender and green.

21/08/2022

in Summer Sonic festival in Japan

16/08/2022

Cover for M-Flo’s ‘Dopamine’ single, featuring Emyli and Diggy-Mo, released in 2005.

09/08/2022

Oddish’s 1998 Pokémon Tale ナゾノクサのかくれんぼ , written by Kunihiko Yuyama and illustrated by Tomokazu Komiya, translation by Jacob Newcomb.

Kunihiko Yuyama (湯山邦彦) is an anime director who has been involved with many of the products of the Pokémon anime. He is also an illustrator for the TCG.

Yuyama is one of the founding members of OLM, the animation studio that produces the Pokémon anime. He began his career in the 1970s as an in-between artist on the original Space Battleship Yamato (aka Star Blazers in North America). Other than Pokémon, his most noteworthy work is likely the original Magical Princess Minky Momo series, on which he worked with original Pokémon anime head writer Takeshi Shudō.

Via ‘Hi-Res Pokemon Art’

08/08/2022

Junior Parker’s 1971 album ‘You Don’t Have to be Black to Love the Blues,’ designed by Daniel Cooper-Bey of the Groove Merchant label, features a young Asian boy about to bite down a watermelon. This album cover was inspired by the popular Levy’s Jewish Rye Bread ad campaign from the 1960’s ‘You Don’t Have to be Jewish to Love Levy’s,’ created by Doyle Dane Berbach. The Levy’s ad featured a cast of non-Jewish people biting down and enjoying a sandwich on rye bread.

05/08/2022

Zenzaburo Kojima (Japanese, 1893-1962), Chrysanthemum, 1942. Oil on canvas

04/08/2022

Roo Ra’s 4th album ‘All System Go’ released in 1996.
#룰라

29/07/2022

Jihyo, part of the K-Pop group TWICE, wearing a Mets ball cap for their collaboration with MLB Korea.

28/06/2022

DJ set from June 23, 2022 from the Shinsei Galverse party in NYC. It is a web3 art project by Emi from Satellite Young and Ayaka who's an artist / animator.

Click the link in the bio to listen to some Japanese house/ city pop/ and some Neo city pop!

# citypop

25/05/2022

Kyoto Jazz Massive (1995)

19/05/2022

포터블 그루브 나인 (Portable Groove 09 ) was a short-lived music project fronted by 김형석 (Kim Hyung Seok) with vocalist 서예나 (Seo Ye Na) and DJ EON, active from 2005 to 2008 and releasing only one single.

Kim Hyung Seok has written for many k-pop artists and composed many popular korean movies, such as Baby Vox, Kim Gun Mo, Uhm Jung Hwa, Lee Moon Sae, and much more.

This is from a 2006 performance of their song titled ‘Rose Day,’ a light and cheerful samba style song from their first single.

20/04/2022

Kanye West speaks Japanese

22/12/2021

and featured on Popeye’s 2022 Girlfriend issue.

21/12/2021

For day 9 we are featuring the queen of contemporary City Pop and AOR, 一十三十一 (Hitomitoi). Even though she debuted in 2004, she came to international popularity with her 2012 neo-City Pop album City Dive, featuring her hit Dive. The song we are featuring today,Catch Me in the Snow, comes from her 2014 album ‘Snowbank Social Club.’ Snowbank Social Club is a concept album revolving around themes of winter in Japan, with her extended music video taking place at a ski resort.

As of recent Hitomitoi has worked closely with Kashif, Dorian and LUVRAW, who have helped define her sound. She has worked with the cult favorite band Ryusenkei on the soundtrack to the 2020 Japanese drama タリオ復讐代行の2人 (Revenge Agents Duo).

17/12/2021

A Pizzicato Five Christmas

12/12/2021

For Day 2 we are featuring Sweet Rumors by Remedios, from the classic romance film Love Letter (1995). The film is about Hiroko Watanabe, played by singer and actress Miho Nakayama, and her journey on finding closure after her fiancé Itsuki Fujii tragically died in a mountain climbing accident. On the two-year anniversary of her fiancé’s death Hiroko decides to write a letter to where Itsuki used to live, and surprisingly gets a response.

The film was a hit in Japan upon release and also became widely popular in South Korea, where it was one of the first Japanese films to be shown in Korea since World War II.

The soundtrack, composed by Reimy Horikawa but better known as Remedios, created a beautiful and nostalgic soundtrack about someone remembering and also finding closure in a loved one that has passed away too soon. Sweet Rumors is one of the soundtrack’s iconic songs and used in the trailers.

12/12/2021

To celebrate Christmas we are kicking 14 days of songs that reminds us of the Holidays. We starting the first day off with a Tatsuro Yamash*ta classic.

25/07/2021

Shakima “Kima” Greggs from the hit HBO show The Wire, played by Sonja Sohn.

18/06/2021

The legend, Amerie

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Kanye West speaks Japanese #KanyeWest #Ye #Yeezy

For day 9 we are featuring the queen of contemporary City Pop and AOR, 一十三十一 (Hitomitoi). Even though she debuted in 2004, she came to international popularity with her 2012 neo-City Pop album City Dive, featuring her hit Dive. The song we are featuring today,Catch Me in the Snow, comes from her 2014 album ‘Snowbank Social Club.’ Snowbank Social Club is a concept album revolving around themes of winter in Japan, with her extended music video taking place at a ski resort. As of recent Hitomitoi has worked closely with Kashif, Dorian and LUVRAW, who have helped define her sound. She has worked with the cult favorite band Ryusenkei on the soundtrack to the 2020 Japanese drama タリオ復讐代行の2人 (Revenge Agents Duo). #Hitomitoi

For Day 2 we are featuring Sweet Rumors by Remedios, from the classic romance film Love Letter (1995). The film is about Hiroko Watanabe, played by singer and actress Miho Nakayama, and her journey on finding closure after her fiancé Itsuki Fujii tragically died in a mountain climbing accident. On the two-year anniversary of her fiancé’s death Hiroko decides to write a letter to where Itsuki used to live, and surprisingly gets a response. The film was a hit in Japan upon release and also became widely popular in South Korea, where it was one of the first Japanese films to be shown in Korea since World War II. The soundtrack, composed by Reimy Horikawa but better known as Remedios, created a beautiful and nostalgic soundtrack about someone remembering and also finding closure in a loved one that has passed away too soon. Sweet Rumors is one of the soundtrack’s iconic songs and used in the trailers.

To celebrate Christmas we are kicking 14 days of songs that reminds us of the Holidays. We starting the first day off with a Tatsuro Yamash*ta classic.