Have a safe and happy one. 
Archive for December, 2005
Awamori Spirits Featured in Honolulu Advertiser’s ‘Taste’ Section
Published by December 28th, 2005 in Food & Drink. 2 CommentsMy oyaji (dad) alerted me to an article from the Honolulu Advertiser’s “Taste” section that featured Randy Kuba and his company Awamori Spirits’ line of awamori drinks. (His company was also featured in a MidWeek article several weeks ago.) The news article’s title is “Cocktails served up with a karate kick” and besides having drink recipes, there’s also a little history on Randy’s company and how he came up with the idea to import those tasty bottles of awamori outside of Okinawa. How about celebrating the new year with awamori cocktails instead of champagne? (Or just drink both since it’s the new year! :D)
My top pick for J-Pop album of 2005 is HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR’s (HandMC or Haikara) debut album “G∞ver”. The group is just an album into their career (hopefully a long one) but they’ve managed — with a little bit of luck perhaps — to release several popular singles. Although not on the same magnitude as the band that preceded them, they have a successful musical formula that’s like a punk rock version of globe’s music (Maakii = KEIKO [although I think her voice is similar to that of ELT’s MOCHIDA Kaori, albeit stronger] & Yuusuke = Marc Panther). Haikara’s upcoming single, “Ichirin no Hana” (opening theme song for the popular anime “BLEACH”), is set to be released on the 11th of this month.
Did you start (or finish) your end-of-the-year souji (cleaning) marathon? I just started mine yesterday. I’m so not going to finish by 2006. 
Haisai! Merry Xmas everyone!
