TIARA AND GILLE

 Recent guests on my Sunday morning ZIP-FM Radio show, Radio Orbit included the absolutely gorgeous Tiara (above) and the very talented Gille (pronounced Jill) below. Both artists were appearing at Centerair, Nagoya's International Airport 4th floor pavilion for a special ZIP-FM live show!

MERRY CHRISGLENN

Check here to see the Happy Santa in Handa event!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta19lp3ZYAc&feature=player_embedded

X-MAS CAKE

X-mas day, but in Japan, its just Another Day! (Hey, that'd make a great song title!) A work day, and so when PPF Radio DJ School students Shirakawa (left), and Gyoten  (center left) had their lesson, we livened things up with X-mas cake! YAAAY!

SAMURAI ARROW CRAFTSMAN

Interviewed traditional samurai arrow craftsman, Mr Koyama recently for web based "Japan World" magazine. See the interview at Japan World,... http://japanworld.info/blog/2012/12/18/619/

SENGOKU COMMUNITY YEAR END PARTY

Sunday 16th,...
Out for a Year End party with members of my Japanese History Mania group,
Sengoku Community (lit. Warring States Period Community) Good chance to
talk samurai history, learn a few things and get together with an interesting bunch of misfits!
LOL! The venue was a Samurai Civil war themed restaurant near Nagoya Station.

DREAMS COME TRUE!

Sunday December 16, special guests on my ZIP-FM radio show, RADIO ORBIT were Nakamura Hayato of Japanese super group, Dreams Come True, and support act, Fuzzy Control!

This was my third interview with Nakamura San, who wandered into the studio unannounced shouting out in English, "Hey Chris,... Long time no see!"  Good interview, and pretty wild with Fuzzy Control on board too!

FOLT MAGAZINE, HIDEYOSHI HISTORY

The latest December issue of men's fashion and taste magazine, FOLT Magazine carries Part 2 of my Japanese History series, this time following in the footsteps of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Sunomata Castle. We also see where Hideyoshi is said to have been born, and where I think the actual site may be, and the reasons why the "official" marker is in the wrong place!!

Traditional Japanese Taiko Drum Craftsman Interview

Interviewed traditional Japanese Taiko Drum craftsman, Mr Miura at his 150 year old business for Web Magazine, Japan World recently,...see the article in Japan World:  http://japanworld.info/

ONE YEAR!

Oops,
It's been almost a year since my last English blog,...I've been so busy
and most has been recorded on my Japanese site, also my various Face Book
sites, English, Japanese, History, etc. There hasn't been time to maintain this site.
Let's just pretend 2012 didn't happen, and start afresh from today, Dec 21, 2012,....
supposedly the last day ever,...according to the mayans,... What a great day to start
again!