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Right after New Year, Japan’s version of Black Friday kicks in as it becomes “Fukubukuro” (Lucky Bag) Time! Each year in Japan, on New Year’s Day (and sometimes a few days before), many partake in Fukubukuro. Fukubukuro is a New Year’s custom in which merchants Read More …
Miyawaki Sakura appeared on the new South Korean show on Olive TV titled “Everyone’s Kitchen” and prior to the show, it was mentioned that Miyawaki had no translator and the show would give viewers a glimpse of how far Sakura’s studying of the Korean language Read More …
For Sakura’s first radio episode of the New Year, she has her fellow IZ*ONE members Yabuki Nako, Jo Yuri, Choi Yena and Kim Minju appear on her radio show, “Konya, Sakura no Kinoshita de” (Tonight, under the cherry blossoms) aka “Sakura no Ki”. The group Read More …
Kuwata Keisuke, vocalist of Southern All Stars is a hardcore bowler and bowling fan and has said many times if he wasn’t singing or working on music, he would have aimed to become a professional bowler. But Kuwata has brought his love to bowling by Read More …
Right after New Year, Japan’s version of Black Friday kicks in as it becomes “Fukubukuro” (Lucky Bag) Time! Each year in Japan, on New Year’s Day (and sometimes a few days before), many partake in Fukubukuro. Fukubukuro is a New Year’s custom in which merchants Read More …