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realizing it’s prob not a great idea to post this so late at night so i’ll prob bump it tomorrow for more visibility

This Side of Japan's Best of 2024: The Friends List We wrap up our best of 2024 coverage with selections picked by friends of the newsletter

hello! are there any followers here who would be interested in contributing a year end list of japanese music for this year’s friends list of this side of japan? here’s the list from last year if you don’t know what i’m talking about thissidejapan.substack.com/p/friends-li...

the bigger question is, will asap ferg show up on music station?

now time for me to do the same… eventually

yeah can’t deny i am a little anxious about this situation and idk if i’m gonna leave a little early after all since i got a long drive back home

lol not a fan?

i knew they perform in complete darkness but still i wonder how the autechre show’s gonna be this week

Monthly Listening: September 2025 Rounding up great new releases we checked out during August from omeme tenten, BAILEFUNK KAKEKO, mei ehara and more

New Monthly Listening is out for September!

Our round-up of new albums we enjoyed this month, from omeme tenten, mei ehara, and more

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it really didn’t need the expanded 30 mins

Issue #98: The 2020s in TV Drama Music We look back at our favorite J-pop singles tied up with TV dramas from 2020-2024, featuring music by Official HIGE Dandism, Kenshi Yonezu and more

For this new issue of This Side of Japan, we look back at the 2020s so far in TV drama music!

We highlight J-pop favorites from 2020-2024 featured on a show, from Kenshi Yonezu, Official HIGE Dandism, STUTS and many more thissidejapan.substack.com/p/issue-98-t...

Issue #97: World End Love Song Discussing the new SATOH EP, SPEED's debut single and the early catalog of I've Sound

New This Side of Japan! What's inside:

🎸 Bonus Beats: I've Sound - Selections
🎸 new SATOH EP
🎸 singles by InoutsuhaSA, Mohou No Rakuen, sheidA
🎸 SPEED's "Body & Soul"

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Issue #96: u:phobia This Side of Japan is back to discuss the new Emma Aibara album, GLAY's "HOWEVER" and Perfume's new single for the latest Chihayafuru spin-off

After a couple of months on vacation, we're back with a new This Side of Japan issue! What's inside:

👻 on Perfume's "Megu-loop" and Chihayafuru: Meguri
👻 new Emma Aibara album
👻 singles by Barren Path, cyber milk chan, e5
👻 GLAY's "HOWEVER"

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All of the Lights: Sakurazaka46 at Tokyo Dome My big report of Sakurazaka46 at the Tokyo stop of the group's spring-summer arena tour

and here’s the report for Sakurazaka46 at Tokyo Dome, edited together from my blog posts from the last couple of weeks

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Idol Watch #26: July/August 2025 Rounding up the best idol songs from the past two months, featuring PiKi, XUDAN, FOKALITE and more, plus a report of Sakurazaka46's Tokyo Dome show

After some months away, there’s finally new Idol Watch for July & August!

A round up of the best idol singles from the past 2 months, ft. PiKi, XUDAN, FOKALITE and more, plus my report of Sakurazaka46 at Tokyo Dome

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The Return of the Triple Baka An examination of vocal synth fandom through one song and three characters.

Hello. For the latest post on my newsletter, I go long on some Vocaloid history, using one particular song as a jumping point to discuss some lesser-known lore about the early fandom. Hatsune Miku lovers tap in.
www.shy.center/p/triple-baka

picked new songs by Layla, Tonalia and Yureruwayurei this week

the song/mv is great btw, 1 point for thai idols

man look at these phones youtu.be/_Lj7fGpUDik?...

YouTube video by Effie Effie - CAN I SIP 담배 (Official Video)

the one who keeps making personal anthems for my 2025 youtu.be/B-2MpKZN_2M?...

Sakurazaka diary Posts on sneek-m tagged as Sakurazaka diary

the others are here sneek-m.tumblr.com/tagged/Sakur...

And Then What "Manhole No Futa No Ue" [Shonin Yokkyuu, 2023] Darkness fell on the set at Tokyo Dome, the glitzy showbiz theater of “Addiction” transforming into an industrial fire escape. You can soon hear the...

so, i went to japan a few weeks ago to see sakurazaka46 at tokyo dome, and i've been jotting down bits and pieces from it as a kind of diary entry for memory's sake.. here's one on morita hikaru and "manhole no futa no ue" i just wrote sneek-m.tumblr.com/post/7917443...

YouTube video by noa - Topic 1000日間

hope noa put her usual punk rawk like this for the song she wrote for ILLIT youtu.be/qNU-SUKjMz0?...

14! i suddenly have a lot more grey hairs

yes! but WHICH snsd song? i vote “into the new world”

time to look after our new children

happy birthday!

wrote a primer on tokimeki sendenbu!

a relief i hope to find every day with about 30% success

you gotta go see minna no kimochi

can’t believe we got stans doing critic takedowns for the clipse album….