Just when you’d thought that you’d seen everything possible, I present to you the horrible Hello Kitty Chainsaw. Yes, this is even more crazy than that Hello Kitty AK-47. More »

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January 27th is a big day for Japanese pop and rock, as well as for fans. The street date sees 11 different artists releasing new music onto the market. And that’s just the albums I know about, there could be more! Great veterans like L’Arc~en~Ciel and GLAY return with new singles. Meanwhile, upbeat rockers newcomers SuG, and abingdon boys school are just a few of the major players putting their albums out this Wednesday. Click “More” to see what other artist are part of this week’s J-Rock/J-Pop releases. More »

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From Girlybubble: Or at least marry in it. Yes, the adorable Hello Kitty has been spotted not only on toilet seats and on people’s nails - she is a notorious wedding crasher. More »

From Girlybubble: A recent trip to Youtube suggests that someone has actually taken what I try to explain often here, and turned it into a Youtube tutorial, called How To Be Kawaii. If you’ve just caught on, “kawaii” (ka-why-ee) is basically the Japanese word for cute. My first reaction in watching this is, can you really teach a person how to be cute? More »