MUSIC: KyaryPamyuPamyu- Kira Kira Killer

This MV will now be from one of my most favorite J-POP singers and dancers, KyaryPamyuPamyu. This video is so cute and adorable and I love her hair and outfit in this video and the special effects ^_^ ENJOY!

KYARYPAMYUPAMYU!!!

MUSIC: Vocaloid- Rugrats Theory (FullVersion)

Creepy as creepy can get... O.O;;;;;;;;

MUSIC: Hatsune Miku- The Game Of Life

One word....ADDICTING...

MUSIC: Hatsune Miku & Gumi- Matryoshka

This song and video is kinda creepy to me but it got such a really awesome beat to it that I can listen it to it all day! ^_^

JPOP: Megurine Luka-Secret (Japanese&Chinese Sub)

Hello everyone! I decided I wanted to post many videos of J-POP and Vocaloid! (^_^) I have an obsession for music. So here is one song I like that's by a Vocaloid by Megurine Luka. ENJOY!

Personal Schedule: Anime Club!

Hello everyone! Welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan! This is going to be kinda of a very short article because it's just something random I will be doing today being my second time going to the Anime Club.

There is this town across from where I live that host an Anime Club at their public library. I never heard of it until my mother had mention it. At first, I didn't think that she was being real and just joking but turns out it was true. I was kinda late the first day I went because I was sleep and really didn't feel like going but, I changed my mind because of the fact that I needed to stop being lazy and do something hahaha~ (^_^)

As soon as I got there we had to sit in this large spacious room and there were a handful of people there and I was kinda surprise because where I live, I don't know many people who actually like anime except for a couple of my close friends.

After that we watched the 1st and 2nd episode of an anime called, "The Civilization Blaster" on Crunchyroll. I've never heard of that anime before speaking of the fact that most of the time I watch anime, I watch it on Toonami which comes on really early in the morning around 12 a.m. showing more popular and well known anime like Bleach, Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, One Piece, Fullmetal Alchemist, and etc. (my personal favorite anime on Toonami: Space Dandy!)

One of the anime that I really don't like as much would be Fullmetal Alchemist because of the fact I really don't understand that anime as much and it's more of a military and war anime and I really don't enjoy that type of anime as much. And the second one I really don't like would be One Piece. One Piece is funny and fun to watch but then you would just get tired of it quickly...it never ends!!! So many episodes, even Bleach is going to show it's last and final episode soon on Toonami and One Piece is still to be continued.  -__-

Today, when I go to Anime Club, that depends if I do plan on going today, we will be watching another anime I have never heard of but it seems like a girl anime which I rarely watch but its called, "Princess Mononoke". Even though I really don't watch girl anime, there are many things I really like about it. I like there artworks and graphics because it's really colorful and simple like and it's really cute and adorable and I like it when the characters overreact in such an adorable way! ^_^ Waaaaaaah~!

This is one of my favorite girl anime...K-ON!

Well....I'm going to end this article. It became way longer than I have expected O.O;;;

I will be posting more articles soon today when more ideas get into my head ^_^ Ja mata ne!

Introducing...Beckii Cruel!

Hello everyone! Welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan! Here is a really quick and short article I am posting. I am on YouTube right now and I just love watching anything J-POP so I come across this YouTube channel labeled "Beckii" and she was recommended to me. I know that I always watching anything and everything Japanese so I guess she was similar to what I would see.

Turns out it this person has impressed me to the highest scale possible that I want to watch all of her videos (and I will make sure of that!)! And I know how people like to do covers of them singing others songs and dances etc. but this young lady had produced her own song called "Future Fantasy" which is in Japanese and has a little bit of English in it which is amazing!! She is a British girl and studying Japanese but, her Japanese sounds amazingly fluent!

I want to show you guys the video so you can see exactly what I mean by impressive:

Yaya Han

Konnichiwa everyone! Welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan! Today, I want to talk about a famous Chinese (who at first I thought was Japanese) cosplayer and I think that's the number one cosplayer of all time....Yaya Han!!! ^_^

She is an American cosplayer, model, and costume designer based in the US. She is also a regular judge at cosplay competitions. I first discovered Yaya Han when I was watching the reality TV series "The Of The Nerds" and saw her re-appear again on the Syfy TV series "Heroes Of Cosplay".


                                                           KING OF THE NERDS

                                                                HEROES OF COSPLAY

Just watching Yaya Han cosplay makes me really want to cosplay and make my own costumes and designs and perform but, that seems to much for me but seems like a very exciting experience!

Here is a video of Yaya Han in "Heroes Of Cosplay":

Watching this on "Heroes of Cosplay" really excited me! I can just watch this over and over again! I recommend watching the TV series as well and watching all the other amazing cosplayers as well! Thank you so much guys for reading this article and checking out my blog today! I will be posting even more later on today and also tomorrow when possible! Arigatou gozaimasu! ^_^

Doraemon

Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog Liv N' Luv Japan! Today, I really had no idea what I wanted to post today or basically any day because of the fact that making this article my 60th post I'm starting to run out of ideas! >.<;;;

But, a few days ago I have learnt about this adorable and cute anime called "Doraemon" and I watched an official English version of this anime on Disney XD. It is a cute anime that was made for children and for a 15 year old teenager like me, I actually enjoy watching this anime in the mornings to start off my day. So now, I am recommending this Japanese anime for you guys! ^_^

Doraemon is both a manga and an anime. The anime first started in the year of 1973 and continued till 2005 and so on. It is about a robotic cat which is named Doraemon (same as title of anime). The origin of the name Doraemon can roughly be translated to "stray" and its written using both Hiragana and Katakana.

Here is a little sneak peek of Doraemon so you can get a clearer idea of how this show goes!

Coming Soon: Interview with NikkiHatsune

Hello everyone! Welcome back to Liv N' Luv Japan! I have very exciting news! I will soon be getting in touch with "NikkiHatsune" and contact her for an interview for Liv N' Luv Japan. The reason why I am planning to interview her is the fact that she is into Japanese pop culture and does dance covers from J-POP artists. She also wishes to visit Japan and is studying about the Japanese culture and the native language Japanese.

I think it would be very interesting to get a point of view from her. I remember saying that I would interview her before but, I never had the chance because of the fact that I had really slow connection and I never had this amazing laptop that I am using now to spend most of my time blogging. Now that I have better resources and that my family is helping me out by providing me with so much technology and supporting me, it would be much easier for me to blog. ^_^

I am going to provide one of NikkiHatsune recent videos that she uploaded to YouTube. I want to know what you guys think of her and her dancing! ^_^

(If the video is not playing or showing please click here and you will be directing to YouTube to view this video)

And if there is any questions that you would like to ask her, please comment below and these questions will be asked during the interview! ^_^

Xiaomi In Japan!

Hello everyone! Welcome back to Liv N' Luv Japan! Now, I want to talk about something that we all basically have...smartphones!!! A company in China has came up with a smartphone brand called "Xiaomi". I want to talk about the smartphone itself and how the smartphone is heading in Japan!

Now, I have heard about this smartphone on TV and how China is going to think about giving it a try in the US and I was so excited because at this point, I really want a Xiaomi!! Right now at this point, I have an iPhone 5c. I heard that the Xiaomi is very similar to the Apple iPhones and just by looking at it I could actually tell. The exterior of the phone is like a Samsung Galaxy to me but, the content is very similar to Apple. Also, one thing that I think are shocked about or should be is the price! There is saying that the prices of the Xiaomi is half the price of an Apple iPhone. But, that I'm not for sure t this point. Right now though, many people in Japan though online are selling them around  ¥25,000. (If interested in buying a Xiaomi from Japan online please click here.)

For right now, I really don't know very much of the Xiaomi but there will more updates on my blog about the Xiaomi if any interest in it so far. And for those who own a Xiaomi, interested in getting one, or know anything about it, please feel free to comment on here or leave me a message on my Google+!! ^_^

Happy Belated 1st Anniversary Liv N' Luv Japan!

Hello everyone! Welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan! ^_^

First, I want to say that I cannot believe it has already been a year of me blogging on Liv N' Luv Japan! I first started blogging on July 11th which was suppose to be the original date that I was going to post this entry but to a delay, I had to post it 8 days later.

But luckily, I am able to post it sooner than later!! Right now my blog is becoming more and more successful and I am becoming a much better blogger and someday future journalist because of you guys!! At this moment, I am around more than 7,000+ views!!

Now since I have been working on my blog for one whole year, I want to be able to make more goals for my blog and to be able to try my best to post at least 5 entries a day which would take some thinking but...I also hope that this year when July 11th comes back around I will have around 30,000+ views. ^_^

I also want to try to put my blog Liv N' Luv Japan out there more. I want it to be buzzed around social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, etc.!! I want to be able to gain more readers and make Liv N' Luv Japan trend!!

The reasons why I enjoy blogging on Liv N' Luv Japan and the reasons why I started it was because that I enjoy the Japanese culture, both traditional and pop! I like to watch anime and listen to J-POP and like the styles and Japan seems to be one of the most exotic countries to me and one of the best. I also hope that when I become a journalist, I want to be already fluent or about fluent in Japanese and to be able to live in the big cities of Japan and work for the best of the best newspaper and magazine companies there!

Even though I live in the US, I have tons of friends in Japan! And they all motivated me to succeed. Sometimes when I doubt myself they always seem to motivate me that I would do better for my blog sake, for my sake, learning Japanese, understanding the Japanese culture and becoming a successful person. But, not just my friends in Japan but, everywhere! I have friends from France, Japan, Russia, UK, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Germany, The Philippines, Malaysia, South Korea, China, everywhere!!

I enjoy learning about different cultures and languages because I find it to be very different to what I am used to in the US which I think other cultures are better. Believe it or not, Japan wasn't the first country I really love, it was actually France! I really adored the city of Paris and I was stunned!! But as soon as I learned more about the Far East Asia, Japan had my heart!!!

So, I hope that all of you guys who read my blog will continue reading it and supporting me in all that I do and for the people who are new to this blog, I hope you guys enjoy like the others do! And feel free to post comments on the blog and follow Liv N' Luv Japan and also add me to your circles on Google+!! I would love to know what you guys think of my blog and what could make it even better and some of your ideas and things you would like to see and what could be improved!!! ^_^

Thank you so much you guys for all the help and support and motivation!!!

The Goals For Liv N' Luv Japan

Hello and welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan ! I have been working on Liv N' Luv Japan for about a year now (ever since summer 2013) and I really have been enjoying it. Everyone about knows that it is my dream to live in Japan and become a journalist someday in life. I wanted to learn a little more about blogging and learn the more advance techniques to blogging so, I went to my public library in town and checked out a book called "Blogging for Dummies". During the first parts of the book its talking about how to blog and why people blog and all that stuff.

Soon, I got to where they have started talking about bloggers thinking or already knowing the goal(s) of their blog. After reading that, it had me thinking really hard last night, "What are my goals to blogging on Liv N' Luv Japan?!". The truth is, I really never thought about that. So, I came up with a few that I thought that was wise to have as a goal and my goals that I wish to reach:

• To be able to reach 1,000,000 views ! (Currently the views are around 6,140)
• For my blog to become very popular !
• For it to actually help me in the future to become a journalist !
• To help and entertain people about anything Japanese from today and traditional ! 

I really can't come up with many goals but they will be more wiser once I start actually get serious about it. But, I want you guys to love reading my blog to a point that you are never bored and you want to read more and more till you are content. I want you guys to let me know what YOU want to see here on my blog. I want you guys to be educated and as well entertained by my blog. I am starting to get more serious about my blog but it is hard to come up with topics to actually to talk about since I have always been posting (this makes my 56th post). Once you start blogging, it's pretty easy to come up with anything but soon it get quick to run out of ideas.

Well, this is it for this blog post for today as I know it. If I wasn't in school right now I could've been able to post articles all day~! Don't forget to comment and follow Liv N' Luv Japan on Facebook ! (^_^)

Cherry Blossoms Blossoming in Japan !

Hello and welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan ! You know what time it is?! Time for the Cherry Blossom trees to bloom in Japan ! In April, it is the most perfect time for Cherry Blossom (or known as "Sakura" Trees) to bloom. In my opinion, Cherry Blossoms are my most favorite plant in the world because it has such a beautiful shade of pink to it and the bark of the tree is really dark most times so the colors are perfect for the spring! It is also special to me because my birthday is in April (April 16th) ! (^_^)

I just love Sakura trees ! I don't think I had ever seen a Sakura tree in person before but if I ever do, I want to see while in Japan! Especially in the traditional cities and towns in Japan would just be absolutely perfect! In Japan, there is also a festival to celebrate the Cherry Blossom trees known in Japan as 全米桜祭り(Zenbei Sakura Matsuri)

It is celebrated in Washington D.C. as well commemorating the March 27, 1912, gift of the Japanese cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo City. Yukio Ozaki donated the trees in an effort to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan.

                                                                    YUKIO OZAKI




Thank you everyone for reading today on about the Cherry Blossoms in Japan ! ! ^_^

Liv N' Luv Japan Update !

Hello Everyone! Welcome back to Liv N' Luv Japan! I want to say to you guys that I am very VERY SORRY about my many months of delay of not posting anything on my blog in such a long time! >.<;; The last time I had ever posted something on my blog which was way in December of 2013 ! ! ! ! I have been so busy with school and life and all......but, I want to get a fresh start and start back to my normal blogging! Spring Break is coming soon for me on April 18th so I will have plenty of time to blog but for now it might not be as often.

Also I know many of you are hoping to see many new things and there are certain things that many of you would like to see on here. Many of you are asking more about the Japanese language, the traditional culture, etc.! So, I think because the fact that I post many things about the pop culture, you guys seem to want to get into something more traditional and something more informatical. So....I WILL GIVE YOU GUYS ANYTHING YOU ARE INTERESTED IN READING! ^_^ I will be happy for you guys to comment below or on Google+ to me about what more you would like to see on my blog. I would be even more happy if you guys described what you would like to see in details so I can know exactly what you want!

Also, spread the word about my blog Liv N' Luv Japan and also follow Liv N' Luv Japan on Facebook!

Arigatou gozaimasu~! ! ! (^_^)/

GAMER NOTICE! CALLING ALL POKEMON TRAINERS!

Hey you guys! I have some very exciting news for all you Pokémon trainers! Recently, I have received a new Nintendo 3DS and....Pokémon X! The game I have been dying for!! I remember when I did a review for the Pokémon XY series and I remember I told you guys I will soon get it and I finally have it. I got the Pokémon X because I really like the Legendary Pokémon and I thought it looked really cool and unique. I think the Pokémon rainbow colored horns is what really attracted me into getting that version.

I have been playing the game for almost a week now and I am really enjoying it. The best Pokémon game I have ever played in a long time! And the graphics and 3D is amazing! For my first Pokémon I had chose Froakie because I really love the cute little frog Pokémon and water types are one of my favorites including electric. When it comes to Pokémon, sometimes I forget to choose wisely in battle because I really adore tiny and cute Pokémon hahaha! ^_^; ; There just to cute! Most of my friends like the big and scary Pokémon like the dark types. But I agree with them because they do seem to be more powerful but...don't underestimate the power of the little Pokémon~!

Anyways, for you guys who have a Nintendo 3DS and own the game Pokémon XY or plan on getting it, please add me. Here is my friend code: 5129-1914-0675 and the name is OtakuQueen. Thank you guys! And I hope to battle you soon~!

Christmas in Japan!

Hello everyone~! Welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan! Today, I will be talking about what is going on in Japan this December!! Japanese love to go all out and about when it comes to celebrating~! ^_^ In Japan, Christmas is a bit different from the West because of their Buddhism and Shinto religions. It involves basically around Christmas Eve instead of Christmas Day. In Japan as in America, presents are given and Santa Claus is widely known in Japan. Children always gets presents but children never give their parents presents until the point that they no longer believe in Santa Claus.

Christmas in Japan is also considered a romantic holiday, and lovers would spend their evening together with each other doing suitably romantic things. It's crucial for single women in Japan to have someone spend Christmas Eve with them. It is also very important where they spend Christmas Eve and what presents they would receive. Japanese women who have a boyfriend tend to show off, so women who don't are not happy to talk about that topic. Christmas in Japan is very similar to Valentine's Day in the West.

 

 

 

Merry Christmas~!!! ^_^

  

I hope all of you have a happy and merry Christmas this 2013~!! ^_^

-Liv N' Luv Japan

 

Rocket Languages:Japanese

Hello everyone~! Welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan~! Today, I want to be able to inform you guys a little more about the Japanese language for those who are eager to learn it. I got many suggestions for those who want more on Japan the country itself, its language and its culture. So, most of you would also like to know more about the traditional but modern culture. So, I will start out with the Japanese language. I want to show you guys this Japanese language learning product, Rocket Languages!!









With Rocket Languages: Japanese, you will be able to learn how to speak and understand Japanese in no time! When I first became interested in learning Japanese, I thought I should find something that would really help me learn Japanese the right way. Rocket Languages: Japanese was my head start and my beginning in my Japanese learning. It would teach you the basics to begin with and starts you out real nice and simple such as teaching you "hello" and "how are you". And teaching you the difference between Hiragana and Katakana and how to use it. My Japanese became really good by beginning with this.

It is basically an audio lesson which makes it even more better! With some websites that haves audio, the audio is usually bad when you hear it and might not be natural most of the time and doesn't sound human. But, with Rocket Languages: Japanese audio, it is clear and haves native Japanese speaker accent. It teaches you throughout the whole entire audio in a fun and effective way. It has to separate audios. One with the whole lesson and one with the dialogue spoken twice (in normal speed and slow speed). It also shows you the dialogue so you can be able to read it and it shows you the English version, the romaji version, and the version containing all Hirgana, Katakana and Kanji.

I would recommend this to anybody but, this do cost (click here to find out more). I have never bought it before but, if you go to there website (click here) you can have a free 6 day trial (which I have used ^_^) and it really amazing!! In my opinion, it is better than Rosetta Stone because you actually can learn something without knowing nothing and getting Rosetta Stone and its barely teaching you anything! I highly recommend learning with Rocket Languages Japanese!! It even also haves a forum, quizzes, practice, etc!! ^_^

Video of the Day: Morning Musume-Brainstorming

J-POP: ℃-ute

Hello Everyone~! Welcome to Liv N' Luv Japan!! Today, I will be blogging about ℃-ute!! A really adorable and popular J-POP group!! ^_^





Origin: Japan

Active: June 13, 2005
Members: 

• Airi Suzuki
• Maimi Yajima
• Saki Nakajima
• Chisato Okai
• Mai Hagiwara
• Kanna Arihana
• Erika Umeda
• Megumi Murakami 

Record Labels: Pony Canyon & Zetima


Cute, which is written as  ℃-ute, is a Japanese girl group consists of 5 members. ℃-ute is part of Hello!Project, produced by Tsunku, who writes most of the band's songs~! ℃-ute made its major debut in 2007 and that year they have won the Japan Record Award for Best New Artist. The group was nominated for the main Japan Record Award~!! ^_^ The genre of the music of ℃-ute is mainly pop, pop rock, electropop and dance pop!! ℃-ute is also associated with Buono!, ZYX, Aa!, Berryz Koubou, Hello!Project Kids, S/Mileage, Morning Musume...and so many more that they are associated with~!!! 




















Thank you for reading~!! ^_^

Any questions or comments?? Then, let me know by emailing to livnluvjapan@gmail.com  !!

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