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Since they've been on hiatus for 4 years, I haven't been able to spot Arashi everywhere like on my last visit , but there were still a few bits and pieces.

I couldn't spot any KAT-TUN this time, but when I went for the first time in 2013 Kame's Panasonic Lamdash ads were on the train.

I was able to catch Sakurai and Ariyoshi's Yakai on my last night, and Nino's LUUP CM too. Aiba's face was around Shibuya for his Koikeya CM. I was sad not to see any trace of Jun though.

However, I was in luck as it happened to be Arashi's 25th Anniversary Blu-ray release, and I spotted their displays on some random record shop visits.


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Nino's LUUP ad outside Shibuya Mark City.

Nino's LUUP ad outside Shibuya Mark City.






On my last day, I found on Twitter that it was Nino's book release date, and that he had a full page ad on the newspaper. I quickly requested a copy of the day's paper from the hotel, and went to the bookstore to grab my copy of his book. I spotted his billboard for it too!

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Tatta Hitotsu no Koi is one of my favorite dramas of all time and I've always wanted to go to Yokohama because of it. I've finally been able to go around Yokohama for a day and went to a few spots where they filmed the drama back in 2006! I've based my info on this website.





First off is the Motomachi Shopping District which features in a few walking scenes in the drama.

First off is the Motomachi Shopping District which features in a few walking scenes in the drama.



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Tsukasa in HYD abhors grated apples meanwhile Takashi-sensei in Narratage personally grates the apple and feeds it to Izumi.

Also, I can’t decide whether Narratage is worth keeping just for the bed scenes with Sakaguchi Kentaro and Matsujun. I found it hard to get through the whole movie apart from that, although I liked that it wasn’t extremely saccharine and forcing the student-teacher romance while she was still a minor as much as other movies would have. I liked the soft focus effect but it was just a tad too long and quite boring, although I liked the sadness of it.
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Sohu Entertainment News: The day before, Shukan Bunshun reported that NEWS members Koyama Keiichiro and Kato Shigeaki drank alcohol with a female minor.



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Disclaimer: Article not mine, taken from 世界日報 June 9 2018. Translations are mine therefore may not be accurate, as I am only trying to review my Chinese. Please tell me if there are any mistakes. The drinking age in Japan is 20 years old.
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The new Meteor Garden 2018 is set to be aired in August, so I've decided to watch Meteor Garden in preparation. I've seen Meteor Garden when I was very little, and everyone talked about it in school, so I had a vague memory of it, but I couldn't bring myself to watch it because the 2 seasons would total about 61 episodes and that's like watching Hana Yori Dango seasons 1 & 2 thrice (I've seen it loads more times in this lifetime, just rewatched it a month ago, it is my intro to J-drama and my favorite of all so I'll probably be biased) but yeah now I've decided to really watch Meteor Garden even if I could only find it in 480p online. So for the love of the franchise, I've decided to compare both versions, not to judge and debate which one is better, but since I haven't read the manga and these dramas are both based on that, I could see which ones were consistent throughout both adaptations, which ones were unique, cultural adaptations etc. This entry is basically a passion project and will probably be pretty long, detailed and updated as I make my way through Meteor Garden so I will split it per Meteor Garden episode. I will link comparisons of all episodes here. I have only screencaps of Meteor Garden for now but I'll update it with the HYD version soon for comparison.

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Nowadays, there are lots of Japanese celebrities on Instagram, which helps fans from all over the world be updated on new projects, especially since information is scarce away from Japan. Some of the bilingual ones have English translations for their captions, but the "see translation" tab is useful for those that don't and is helpful for learning Japanese. I'm only listing down those that I personally follow, but the suggestions below each person's profile page will lead you to other people you may be interested in. As you know, Johnny's are not allowed to have any social media accounts, and as I am only including official accounts in this link, only some ex-Johnny's will be here. You can however find a lot of fan accounts of JE groups just by using the search function.

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 I've recently been watching a ton of J-dramas and it's almost flying by too fast for me to appreciate or to even remember or make sense of what has happened. I find myself forgetting that I've already seen things I've seen in the past so I've decided to track them all right here. I'll also include movies and those that I plan to watch. This post will be JE centric, as I mostly watch dramas by my faves only and I'll organize them by the actors I watched them go. I will update this post as I go.

Edit: This list is now getting longer and longer so please recommend which ones I should watch first!


DRAMAS/MOVIES WATCHED FROM START TO FINISH

MATSUMOTO JUN
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 3
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo: Murder on the Magic Express
Gokusen
Kimi wa Petto (2003)
Hana Yori Dango
Hana Yori Dango 2
Natsu no Koi wa Nijiiro ni Kagayaku
Lucky Seven
Lucky Seven SP
Shitsuren Chocolatier
99.9
99.9 II

Narratage
Hidamari no Kanojo
Hana Yori Dango Final
Hana Yori Dango Final (Director's Cut)
Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru
Tokyo Tower (2005)

 


NINOMIYA KAZUNARI
Minami-kun no Koibito (2004)
Yamada Taro Monogatari
Ryusei no Kizuna
Black Pean
Freeter, Ie wo Kau
Freeter, Ie wo Kau SP
Murder on the Orient Express (Oriento Kyuko Satsujin Jiken)

The Blue Light (Ao no Honoo)
Letters from Iwo Jima
Ohoku
Platina Data
Assassination Classroom
Assassination Classroom: Graduation
Nagasaki: Memories of my Son (Haha to Kuraseba)
The Last Recipe ~Kirin no Shita no Kioku~
Kensatsugawa no Zainin

 


KAMENASHI KAZUYA
Gokusen 2
Nobuta wo Produce
Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo 2005
Tatta Hitotsu no Koi
1 Pound no Fukuin
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge
Kaito Yamaneko
Boku, Unmei no Hito Desu

Gokusen: The Movie
Ore, Ore
P to JK

 


IKUTA TOMA
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
Hana-Kimi SP
Maou
Ouroboros
Unubore Deka

Hanamizuki*
We Were There: Part 1 (Bokura Ga Ita Zenpen)
We Were There: Part 2 (Bokura Ga Ita Kohen)
The Top Secret: Murder in Mind (Himitsu)
Close-Knit
My Teacher (Sensei!)
Yuuzai

 


OTHER
Zettai Kareshi
Mei-chan no Shitsuji
Yukan Club
Atashinichi no Danshi
Gokusen 3
Koizora
Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ni Oshiete Kureta
Tokyo DOGS
Kurosagi
5-ji Kara 9-ji Made
Saigo no Yakusoku
Itazura na Kiss: Love in Tokyo
Itazura na Kiss: Love in Okinawa
Itazura na Kiss: Love in Tokyo 2
Cold Case Japan
Todome no Kiss
Todome no Parallel
Hana Nochi Hare
Tourist
Good Morning Call
Good Morning Call ~Our Campus Days~
Kakugo wa ii ka? Soko no Joshi
Minami-kun no Koibito (2015)
Bokutachi ga Yarimashita
Suki na Hito ga Iru Koto
Chugakusei Nikki
Zenkai Girl
Last Friends
Missions of Love: Watashi ni xx Shinasai
Majo no Jouken
Strawberry on the Shortcake
Papadoru!
Ossan's Love
Cherry Magic!
Ani Tomo
Rai se dewa Chanto Shimasu
Rescue

Pikanchi Life Is Hard Dakedo Happy*
10 Promises to my Dog
Kurosagi Movie
Bandage
Nana
Nana 2
Norwegian Wood
Confessions of Murder (22 Nen me no Kokuhaku)
Heroine Shikkaku
L-DK (2014)
Wolf Girl and Black Prince
The Snow White Murder Case
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso
Our Meal for Tomorrow
Kiiroi Namida
Nobody Knows
Marmalade Boy
Peach Girl
Hitsuji to Hagane no Mori
Ie ni Kaeru to Tsuma ga Kanarazu Shinda Furi wo Shite Imasu
Ataru: First Love and Last Kill
Kimi ni Todoke
Koizora
Ano Ko no Toriko
Hirunaka no Ryusei
Masquerade Hotel
Kakugo ga Iika, Soko no Joshi
12 - nin no Shinitai Kodomotachi
Missions of Love: Watashi ni xx Shinasai
Strobe Edge
Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii
Kaguya-sama Love is War
Ossan’s Love: Love or Dead
The Witness
L-DK: Two Loves, Under One Roof
Ore Monogatari
Little Nights, Little Love
Sayonara Made no 30-pun
Sumaho wo Otoshita dake Nanoni
Ani Tomo
Call Boy
Clover
The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese

 



* - due for a rewatch




STARTED BUT NOT FINISHED
Suppli (ep 1&2)
Proposal Daisakusen (ep 1-4 only)



WITH INTENT TO FINISH
Kagi no Kagatta Heya (ep 1 only)
Yowakutemo Katemasu (ep 1-4)
Cold Case II (ep 1-2 only)
Orthros no Inu (ep 1-4 only)
Boku dake no Madonna (ep 1-8 only)
Rich Man Poor Woman (ep 1-3 only)
Stand Up!!! (ep 1-5 & 12 only)
Second Love (ep 1 only)
Yankee-kun to Megane Chan
Hachimitsu to Clover (ep 1-8)
Kaibutsu-kun (ep 1-2)
Miss Sherlock (ep 1 only)
Ossan's Love: In The Sky (ep 1-2)
Fujoshi, Ukkari Gay ni Kokuru (ep 1-7)
Uta no Onii-san (ep 1 only)



PLANS TO WATCH IN THE FUTURE
MATSUMOTO JUN
Bambino!
Smile
Wagaya no Rekishi (SP)
Eien no Nishipa

 


NINOMIYA KAZUNARI
Namida wo Fuite
Yasashii Jikan
Handoku!
Haikei, Chichiue Sama
Marathon SP
Tengoku de Kimi ni Aetara SP
Bocchan SP

Gantz
Another Gantz
The Asada Family (2020)

 


KAMENASHI KAZUYA
Final Cut
Tegami SP
Strawberry Night Saga
Red Eyes Kanshi Sousakan

Joker Game
The Vancouver Asahi

 


IKUTA TOMA
Majo Saiban
Osozaki no Himawari
Voice
Akihabara @ Deep
Ore no Hanashi wa Nagai
Kakenai?

The Mole Song: Undercover Agent Reiji
The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio
Prophecy (Yokokuhan)
Grasshopper
Brain Man
The Seaside Motel
The Fallen Angel (Ningen Shikkaku)

 


OTHER
MOVIES
Shoplifters
The Liar and His Lover
Go
All About Lily Chou Chou
Hana and Alice
Time Scoop Hunter
Bannou Kanteishi Q Monariza no Hitomi
Kinkyori Renai
Kiss me at the Stroke of Midnight
Konya, Romance Gekijo de
Cyborg She

DRAMA
Soshite Daremo Inakunatta SP
Signal
Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de
Kizoku Tantei
Kazoku Game
My Girl
My Boss, My Hero (2006)
The Quiz Show
Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai SP
Yokoso, Wagaya E
Shinigami-kun
Shinzanmono
Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa
Tokyo Love Story
Zettai Reido
Emergency Interrogation Room
Suna no Utsuwa (2019)
Sherlock
Nippon Noir
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Kizarasu Cat's Eye
Love Shuffle
Guilty: Kono Koi wa Tsumi Desuka
Nee Sensei, Shiranai no?
Shikaku Tantei Higurashi Tabito - Matsuzaka Tori
Scams - Yosuke Sugino
Mikkoku wa utau Keishicho kansa fairu - Matsuoka Masahiro
Uchi no musume wa, Kareshi ga dekinai - Okada Kenshi
Kansatsui Asagao 1 & 2 - Kazama Shunsuke

 




Nishikido Ryo
Joker
1 Litre of Tears
My Loser Husband
Gomen ne Seishun
Inu wo Kau to Iu Koto
Trace -Kasouken no Otoko

Hitsuji no Ki
Dakishimetai

Takizawa Hideaki
Taiyo wa Shizumanai
Romeo and Juliet SP
Love Catharsis

Miura Haruma
14-sai no Haha
Bloody Monday
Love Begins When The Money Ends
Hi wa Mata Noboru
The Confidence Man JP
Watashi wo Hanasanaide
Otona Koukou
Boku no Ita Jikan

Eien no Zero
Mayonaka no Gofun Mae

Oguri Shun
Surely Someday
Lupin the Third
Kisaragi
Tsumi no Koe

Yamazaki Kento
Good Doctor
Alice in Borderland

Orange
Isshukan Friends

Furukawa Yuki
60 Gohan Taisakushitsu
Bitter Blood
Boku Dake ga Inai Machi
Love Rerun
Mysterious Summer
Araburu Kisetsu no Otomedomo yo

Tonari no Kaibutsu Kun
Kaze no Iro

Narimiya Hiroki
Ace Attorney

Mackenyu
Funohan
Ashita mo Kitto Kimi ni Koi wo Suru
Overdrive

Yoshizawa Ryo
Survival Wedding
Friends Games

Ao Haru Ride
River's Edge
Evil and the Mask
Summer Song


Fukushi Sota
Koinaka
Kyo wa Kaisha Yasumimasu

Boku wa Ashita, Kinou no Kimi wo Date Suru

Nakajima Yuto
Suikyuu Yankees
Suits
Suits II

Pink and Gray

Nakagawa Taishi
Oyabaka Seishun Hakusho

Nijiro Days
Tsuugaku Series Tsuugaku Tochu

Okura Tadayoshi
DoS Deka
 

Tsumabuki Satoshi
Waterboys

Yuta Koseki
I was a Secret Bitch
Liar x Liar

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I was on a trip to Japan a couple of weeks ago and although I planned to visits the Johnny’s Family Club and some filming locations for my favorite dramas, I wasn’t really able to. But since they’re everywhere, I got my Arashi fix anyway! Just turn on the TV and you’ll see their CMs, go to a drugstore and their faces will be beside some products, on covers of magazines in convenience stores, basically keep your eyes peeled and you’re bound to find something!
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Well that’s it!! All photos are mine and sorry for the quality, I had to snap some of the pics really quickly and I was only using my phone. Hopefully next time I can go to the places I had planned to go to and spot more Arashi!!

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