When I go to the gym I like to multitask with Japanese listening practice, and my favorite thing to watch is episodes of &TEAM’s YouTube series 「TOKYO023」which has them going around different areas of Tokyo to create little guidebooks for … Continue reading The ニャンニャンワン 11/12 Night Thread
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I woke up not knowing what I was going to post for today’s thread, and then a friend shared the trailer for the upcoming 10DANCE movie and…yeah. 😳 I think … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 12, 2025)
November 11th is Momo’s birthday, hooray! For some reason I signed up for the Night Thread instead of the Day Thread like I usually do for birthdays. But what you’re probably actually wondering is “who is Momo?” which is fair! … Continue reading The 11/11 Momo Night Thread
When I saw no one had signed up for this Day Thread yet, I knew what I had to do –> share this amazing Fuma and Wonho content! I mean, it’s FUMA and WONHO together. I feel that this has … Continue reading The 11/7 Day Thread Collaborates
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I originally intended to post this during October, but I completely forgot (I can’t imagine what I was distracted by…😅). But hey, better late than never! If you’re planning a … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (November 5, 2025)
Today is Yuki Itose’s (糸瀬雪) birthday! Yuki is the main character of one my favorite manga, A Sign of Affection (ゆびさきと恋々) by suu Morishita (森下suu). Birthday art from suu Morishita! There are a lot of reasons to love this series, … Continue reading The 11/4 Happy Yuki Day Thread
🎃 Happy Halloween, everyone! 🎃 I hope you all had a wonderful day/night whether you celebrated or not. It was super fun to share some of my “Falloween” playlist songs in the headers this month, maybe you found something new … Continue reading The 10/31 Night Thread is Going in Blind
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! If you were around the Day Thread at all yesterday you probably saw me screaming about &TEAM’s wildly successful Korean debut, which I will of course continue to do in … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 29, 2025)
It’s finally here, &TEAM’s first Korean mini album! And it’s already reached “Double Million” status! I’m so happy for them!!! This is a big step for them, and the start of what I hope will one day be global recognition. … Continue reading The 10/28 Day Thread is Back to Life!
Today’s “Falloween” song is one of my favorite Gen Hoshino (星野源) songs, from one of my favorite albums ever, Pop Virus. The first time I heard his music, I was immediately hooked, and I couldn’t stop listening. I guess you … Continue reading The 10/24 Day Thread Has a Pop Virus
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Check out this awesome King Gnu live performance of their Halloween Universal Studios collab song. Love the commitment to all things spooky on display here. And, as always… What have … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 22, 2025)
Happy K Day! October 21st is the birthday of K (古賀祐大), so I decided to dedicate today’s thread to him. K is &TEAM’s “center” and he really embodies that word in every way. The group was formed around him as … Continue reading The 10/21 Happy K Day Thread
Today’s “Falloween” song comes from Sakura Fujiwara (藤原さくら). The video is also great and has really nice spooky vibes (but note that it does have some flashing lights). Enjoy! Have a nice day/night! 🐺💖🌙 Continue reading The 10/19 Day Thread is a Monster
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I’ve been waiting to feature Chevon for October because they are a perfect spooky season band, but I’ve been listening to them A LOT since I first heard their collaboration … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 15, 2025)
Tonight’s “Falloween” playlist selection is Lilas Ikuta (幾田りら). You may (or may not) know her as the vocals from the popular duo YOASOBI. But her solo work is very much its own thing and should get way more love, in … Continue reading The 10/14 幾田りら Night Thread
I currently have 526 songs on my “Falloween” playlist, which is honestly too many. I need to do some editing. But it’s a great seasonal playlist that I listen to every year from the end of September to maybe mid-November. … Continue reading The 10/11 Day Thread
Talk about all the new music. Filling in for apples! Here are new releases provided by Consequence of Sound — A Perfect Circle – Mer de Noms (25th Anniversary Vinyl Reissues) — AITIS BAND – AITIS BAND – IV — … Continue reading Friday New Music 10/10
The last time I did an emergency OT the second choice for the “choose your own adventure” was “Live”. So here’s the “Live” version! Please give it a watch if you’re interested! This medley is super fun and contains several … Continue reading The 10/8 Day Thread: Live
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Right now Betsucomi is celebrating their 55th anniversary with a really cool exhibit in Tokyo. In addition to special merch, original drawings, huge displays of manga panels, the exhibit includes … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (October 8, 2025)
Depending on where you live, you might have a chance to see the Harvest (SUPER) Moon tonight! Or maybe you already saw it. If you missed it, that’s okay, the moon will still be plenty big and bright for another … Continue reading The 10/6 十五夜 Night Thread
Lindsay was the first to respond to the “choose your own adventure” and went with Cool. So here’s your cool Day Thread! In a recent live, &TEAM member Maki watched this video and was seriously mesmerized by two other members … Continue reading The 10/2 Day Thread: Cool
