I decided to post something different today …
BoA - The Face [album]
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01. AGGRESSIVE
02. Sweet Impact
03. My way,Your way (feat.WISE)
04. be with you.
05. Lose Your Mind (feat.Yutaka Furukawa)
06. Girl in the Mirror
07. Happy Birthday
08. Diamond Heart
09. LOVE LETTER
10. BRAVE
11. ギャップにやられた!
12. Style
13. Smile again
14. Beautiful Flowers
15. Best Friend
Korean singer BoA is back with her sixth Japanese album “The Face“- it was released on February 27th, including her already famous singles Sweet Impact, Love Letter and Lose your mind. In my opinion, “The Face” is one of BoA’s best albums. The songs are absolutely awesome, especially Sweet Impact and AGGRESSIVE which show her slightly new and matured side. One of the songs (My Way, Your Way) features WISE from the Teriyaki Boyz and makes it even more gorgeous than it already is. Highly recommended!

A Bathing Ape or BABE is one of Japan’s most famous clothing companies, founded by Tomoaki Nagao (called “Nigo”) in 1993 who is also the DJ of the j-hip hop group Teriyaki Boyz.

The fashion trends in Japan are almost changing daily: New clothes are combined with older ones; the same goes for accessories and other decorations. But if you always want to be up-to-date there’s one website that can help you with the newest fashion styles in Tokyo’s biggest districts.
Tokyo Street Style - Style-Arena
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Their make-up is bright and striking, their clothes are adorned with simple accessories or more extravagant things. Most of them are wearing wigs and some of them are even holding plastic weapons in their hands: Cosplayers can be seen in most parts of the bigger cities all over the world. Japan was (of course) the first country which started the real cosplay trend; now cosplayers are gathering in places like Harajuku or Akihabara and they are even presenting their own events since a few years. The Comiket, the world’s largest comic convention, is also the most famous gathering point for cosplayers.
The girl’s fluttering her long eyelashes when she stares into the mirror in front of her. She combs through her dyed brown hair with one hand; her fake nails are coloured in a bright pink, with pearls and diamonds on top of them. After the girl stands up, she grabs her pink handbag and her glittering cell phone, takes one last look into the mirror and leaves the room.

Platform shoes, miniskirts, dyed hair and dark skin. A group of ganguro gals is crossing the huge junction in Shibuya, laughing and talking while their heels are clicking on the even pavement. The girls are deeply tanned; their dyed blonde, silver or brown hair is adorned with hairpieces and sparkly slides. White lipstick and eye shadow is used as make up, combined with false eyelashes and black eyeliner. Their skirts and tops are in bright colours like pink or yellow and their jewellery is shining in the sunlight.
Ganguro (“gan” = face and “guro” = black) is one of the ‘older’ fashion trends among young Japanese women (and sometimes young men as well) which occurred around the year 2000. Ganguro gals are mostly hanging around Shibuya and Ikebukuro which are also known as the most famous fashion districts in Tokyo.
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