Weekly thread about Japanese pop culture
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! New Kana Nishino (西野カナ) single and music video! I’m so glad that she’s making music again, every song she releases brings me so much joy. And her videos are always … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 15, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! New anime! What are you watching this season? I of course am behind on everything and haven’t started any new shows, but I am planning to watch some this season. … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 8, 2026)
Anyhoo, did I mention the show is from the ’90s? Boy howdy is it from the ‘90s! Continue reading The 07/07 Day Thread Is Long Vacation
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! It’s my last week in Japan so I’m going to be incredibly lazy and use the same header image I created for the Day Thread to celebrate Fuma’s birthday and … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (July 1, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Sorry! I lost track of time! But here it is now, so discuss all the things 💖 And, as always… What have you been watching/reading/playing/eating/listening to lately? Happy Wednesday! 🐺 Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 24, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! New Kenshi Yonezu song, you should listen! My brain is too tired to come up with more than that right now, but I hope everyone is doing well! And, as … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 17, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! &TEAM once again showing that you can just give them a table full of random props and they will do the most random stuff and be entertaining and adorable and … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 10, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I went to a temple festival yesterday, and it was in the news! This was after we left, but still, pretty neat. If you want to learn about the festival, … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (June 3, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I saw &TEAM! TWICE! And they were so close, and they totally looked at me, and they were amazing and perfect and so unbelievably cool and funny and charismatic and … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 27, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I’m flying to Japan tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I have a million things to do and can’t focus on anything. Except I did manage to spend a silly amount of time making … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 20, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Ayumu Imazu’s album is out today, so give it a listen! The sampler sounded really good, and the tracks I’ve listened to so far are awesome. New video is also … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 13, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I haven’t featured a J-drama in the header recently, so today I’m going to share the Life in Smokey Blue (Smoke Blue no Ame Nochi Hare スモークブルーの雨のち晴れ). Based on the … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (May 6, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! &TEAM was on Sound Bomb 360 again, which is one of my favorite things ever because you get to really hear their voices. They even have focused videos where you … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 29, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Very excited to see that you can now watch Gen Hoshino’s Mad Hope concert on Netflix! This tour looked incredible, so I’m glad I get to experience it this way … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 22, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Instead of just releasing the title track and a Music Video on Sunday, &TEAM dropped the whole EP and I promptly lost my entire mind. Partly because I was at … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 15, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! New Chevon album is here, rejoice! This is their second album (I don’t know why they’re calling it their “first major album” but it’s probably something to do with record … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 8, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! If you only listen to one of the many things I insist on recommending in these threads every week, I hope it’s this. Even if you don’t become a Motoki … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (April 1, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Winter anime is wrapping up, which means new Spring anime is just around the corner. What will you be watching? Right now, the show I’m most interested in is Go … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 25, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Last year I read Satoshi Yagisawa’s Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and really enjoyed it. Part of the appeal for me was feeling like I was back in Jinbocho surrounded … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 18, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! Short on time today, but here’s a good song to check out! aoen is a new group that includes the two non-debuting members who stood out to me the most … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 11, 2026)
Welcome to The Avocado’s weekly discussion of Japanese pop culture! I just wanted to watch something cute today, so if you also want to watch something cute today, I recommend this video. And, as always… What have you been watching/reading/playing/eating/listening … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (March 4, 2026)
