AKB48 Overseas Travel Diary
Share in the memories of AKB48's travels 05 July, 2011 by Sho
A little late, but this timeless treasure was released back in December 2009. The AKB48 no Kaigai Ryokou Nikki (AKB48の海外旅行日記) or AKB48 Overseas Travel Diary is a visual journal of the trips AKB48 took to New York, Paris and Cannes the same year. This lovely, full colored book features a generous collection of candid photographs of their adventures overseas.
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AKB48 Revival Concert Booklet
Commemorating AKB48's 6 years of theater performances 03 July, 2011 by Sho
From end may up till last month, AKB48 held its first ever revival concerts at the JCB Hall. The series of concerts, under the name “Minogashita Kimitachi e, AKB48 Group Zenkouen” (For you who missed it, AKB48 Group Complete Performance), featured all of AKB48′s classic stages from its nearly 6 years of existence. To commemorate this event, a special accompanying booklet was created.
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Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
A final view before the closeure of the station 02 July, 2011 by Yan
As of June 30th 2011, Tanjong Pagar Railway Station will be closing down for good. Since announcements were made to cease all operations last year, people have been flocking to the railway station to witness this piece of history. Like many other curious Singaporeans, I went down to the station to take a look on the very last day itself.
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Akihabara Pedestrian Heaven Reopens!
Akihabara Hokousha Tengoku to return this Sunday 01 July, 2011 by Sho
Three years after the fatal Akihabara massacre, the world famous otaku paradise will return to being a Pedestrian Heaven starting this Sunday, 3rd of July.
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AKB48 Cafe Singapore
Idols you can eat 30 June, 2011 by Sho
The AKB48 Singapore Cafe opened its doors for the first time last Saturday. Invited for this special event were three members Takeuchi Miyu, Shimazaki Haruka and Abe Maria. Despite being termed a “soft launch”, the opening was met with a warm reception from fans, many of whom arrived early in the morning to witness the treat.
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AKB1/48: Idol to Guam de Koishitara
Date AKB48! Now in bikinis! 29 June, 2011 by Sho
AKB1/48: Idol to Guam de Koishitara (If you fell in love with an idol in Guam) is the sequel to last year’s highly successful debut AKB48 game, AKB1/48: Idol to Koishitara for the PlayStation Portable. The game follows an identical format to the last game, but as the title suggests, will take place in Guam.
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Japanese Charms
Japanese good luck charms 24 June, 2011 by Sho
Omamori (御守) are the amulets that are always seen at shrines and temples throughout Japan. Literally meaning “to protect”, these often intricately designed charms are a popular gift item for travelers who will inevitably visit at least some of Japan’s shrines.
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Osaka Unlimited Pass
Your free ticket to everything in touristy Osaka 23 June, 2011 by Sho
It seems some of our readers will be headed down to Osaka in the coming months so I thought I’d save the trouble of repeating this: If you’re spending time in Osaka for the purpose of sightseeing, I cannot stress how valuable getting the Osaka Unlimited Pass is.
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SHINE Youth Festival
Annual youth festival set to encourage youths to Just do 22 June, 2011 by Sho
Organized by the National Youth Council, SHINE Youth Festival is the annual “youth for youth” festival to celebrate and showcase youth talent in Singapore. This year’s festival will begin Saturday, 2nd July and will see a month full of events, workshops and performances.
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SDN48 in Singapore
Avex-signed mature 48 themed group pay a visit 21 June, 2011 by Sho
Earlier this month, Japan’s “mature” version of the 48 member group, SDN48 (SaturdayNight48) visited Singapore for their first ever overseas performance. 12 members, consisting of some of the groups most popular artistes were here to introduce their special take on the idol concept.
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HELLO ~Paradise Kiss~
YUI and fashion in a single package 20 June, 2011 by Yan
More informed YUI fans would have already known that her newest single would be another movie tie-in. But just for the rest who might want a little more information, I’ll cover here YUI’s newly released 19th single “HELLO ~Paradise Kiss~”.
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AKB48 Cheer Guide: B-Sides
Detailed cheer guide for all coupling songs 18 June, 2011 by Sho
As promised, here is part two of our AKB48 concert cheer guide. This part features sample cheers for all of the coupling songs from AKB48 singles. Due to the nature of the songs these “B-sides” often have more interesting cheers to their single counterparts.
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Baskin Robbins Novena
Official opening of Baskin Robbins in Singapore 14 June, 2011 by Sho
After a soft launch earlier last month at Clementi, Baskin Robbins officially launched their presence in Singapore with the opening of their Velocity Novena Square branch last weekend. The folks from Supermerlion were invited to join the rest in celebrating the occasion.
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Let’s Sweets
Japanese buffet and sweets 13 June, 2011 by Sho
Let’s Sweets is a “Japanese buffet and sweets” place that opened late last year at Parco Bugis Junction. It is suspiciously run by the people who have brought you both Ajisen Ramen and Botejyu, so as would have can guessed, very little about it is actually Japanese. But putting that aside, how does it size up?
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Top AKB48 Members 2011
This year's top members, as voted by fans 10 June, 2011 by Sho
The results for the AKB48 General Election 2011 are in! Here in photos are AKB48′s most popular members this year, as voted by the general public.
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AKB48 Cheer Guide: Singles
Detailed cheer guide for all AKB48 singles 07 June, 2011 by Sho
As part of an ongoing attempt to record down some concert knowledge in English, I’ll be providing a list of cheers for all AKB48 songs. To stay sane though, I’ll be splitting up the songs into different categories and staggering releases, the first being this full list of single song cheers. Will decide whether to continue depending on how well received it is.
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AKB48 Team 4 Announced
Most game changing AKB48 news of the year? 06 June, 2011 by Sho
In the single most controversial piece of AKB48 news since the mass shuffle in 2009, AKB48 have just made public during this evening’s Himawari H1 Revival Stage the formation of a brand new AKB48 team, bluntly titled Team 4. The Team will consists of the 10 previously promoted kenkyuusei.
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AKB48 Janken Senbatsu Report Book
Better late than never 05 June, 2011 by Sho
While look through old posts on this slow Sunday afternoon, it came to my attention that we never did post up last year’s AKB48 Janken Results Report Book. This smaller book serves as an accompaniment to what we deem one of last year’s better purchases, the AKB48 Janken Senbatsu book. While it’s kind of outdated by now, here’s a quick look for the sake of completeness.
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Tochigi Lemon Milk
Match made in heaven or disastrous experiment? 04 June, 2011 by Sho
Back during our visit to Nikko, we stumbled across the prefecture’s unique snacks branded “Kanto Tochigi Lemon”. Judging from the combination, you’d think that perhaps Tochigi specialized producing Lemons and Milk. Surely at some point must had figured it was only natural to try combining the two.
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Go! Go! Curry
Go! Go! Let's go! カレーライス 02 June, 2011 by Sho
Go! Go! Curry is a Japanese born franchise chain serving curry rice. It’s a fairly common sight around Tokyo and since the opening of Ion Orchard in 2009, the chain has found it’s way onto Singapore’s shores. More recently, a second outlet appeared at 313@Somerset, which we paid a visit to on a few occasions.
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