Happy Earth Day, everyone! Please enjoy this Sparks song[footnote]Yes, I do sometimes listen to music that isn’t Japanese. Rarely. But it does happen![/footnote] in honor of this special day! 🌍 Have a nice day/night! 💖 Continue reading The 4/22 Day Thread Loves the Earth
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! My love of shoujo manga and fashion have once again collided! Colleen’s latest video is a wonderful exploration of the relationship between fashion and shoujo manga. I learned a lot … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 16, 2025)
Just want to share my favorite yama song tonight. Written and produced by Nobuo Oki (作曲 大木伸夫), the English title of the song is “The World is Supposed to Be Beautiful” (世界は美しいはずなんだ). If you watch anime, you may have heard … Continue reading The 4/15 Night Thread Heard the World Was Beautiful
One of my the many ways I like to study Japanese is through music. I find that any time I can combine something I already love with studying I absorb the information much better. If I have a context for … Continue reading The 4/14 Day Thread Learns with Music
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! This morning, yama released this nice lyric video for one of the songs from their latest album, semicolon. Their previous album was good but not my favorite, so I’m really … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 9, 2025)
Lemonhope Part 1 | Boarded by: Tom Herpich and Steve Wolfhard | Aired: March 10, 2014 | Reviewed by CedricTheOwl What duty do the freed have to the enslaved? What obligation does a survivor have? These are tough questions to … Continue reading Come Along With Me: Adventure Time – “Lemonhope Part 1” and “Lemonhope Part 2”
If you’ve never listened to Asako Toki (土岐麻子) before, then I hope you’ll give her a music a try tonight. Of all the Japanese musicians I share here and with my friends, Toki is the one I’m most invested in … Continue reading The 4/6 NEON FISH Night Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! It’s snowing where I live, but I’m very much ready for Spring. I want to see flowers! And green grass! But it’s a little early for that, I suppose. In … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 2, 2025)
I love the CIAO Churu commercials, and I often find myself singing the catchy theme song. Here’s a spring-filled version, complete with a cute Hinamatsuri (ひな祭り) kitty![footnote]I realize I’m a bit late for a Hinamatsuri thread, it was March 3rd, … Continue reading The 4/1 Night Thread Wants 春のCIAOちゅ〜る
If you’ve spent any time in the Japanese Pop Culture Thread then you know that I love to make bento (弁当), and sometimes I take pictures of my bento and post them on the site. But maybe you don’t hang … Continue reading The 3/31 Day Thread is Making a Bento
Nongshim Shin Black is my favorite instant ramen. I probably eat too much of it, but it’s just so delicious! The beef bone broth is rich and a little creamy, and it has the perfect level of spice. This means … Continue reading The 3/30 Day Thread Recommends this Ramen
It’s once again time to choose our community representatives for the Mafia Championship, hosted by Mafia Universe! The official invitation is here. We need to select a representative and an alternate (in case our rep needs to bow out for … Continue reading 2025 Mafia Championship Nominations!
Talk about all the new music. Filling in for apples! Here are new releases provided by Consequence of Sound: — Alien Weaponry – Te Rā — Alison Krauss & Union Station – Arcadia — Arch Enemy – Blood Dynasty — … Continue reading Friday New Music 3/28
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! One of my favorite singers, miwa, is releasing a new “best of” album today to celebrate her 15th anniversary. So I have a feeling I’ll be listening to this a … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 26, 2025)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I’m traveling today so I don’t have as much time for the header. So here’s a fun The First Take video featuring Hayato Sumino (角野隼斗) playing 7 variations on Twinkle … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 19, 2025)
Last September the popular and talented Japanese musician Aimyon (あいみょん) released her 5th album, Jealous of Cats (猫にジェラシー). For no good reason, I didn’t listen to it until this month, and I see now that I was really missing out! … Continue reading The 3/16 Day Thread is Jealous of Cats
Talk about all the new music. Filling in for apples! Found the list, so here’s new releases provided by Consequence of Sound: — Anoushka Shankar – Chapter III: We Return To Light — Bambara – Birthmarks — Brett Eldredge – … Continue reading Friday New Music 3/14
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Ribon (りぼん) magazine is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, and I’m in love with the celebration video they created. Ribon is a shoujo magazine that tends to publish series … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 12, 2025)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I had something else planned for today but now that’s gone because I woke up and the first thing I saw was that YUZURU HANYU IS IN KENSHI YONEZU’S NEW … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 5, 2025)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! When I saw the thumbnail for Colleen’s latest video I literally said “yes!” out loud because I knew this would get more people to read one of my favorite mangaka, … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (February 26, 2025)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I have something a little different today…an educational video game! I know there are several people on the site who are learning Japanese, or interested in learning, so I wanted … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (February 19, 2025)
