NHK Studio Park

NHK atau Nippon Hoso Kyokai (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) mungkin jadi satu-satunya stasiun TV yang bisa diakses secara legal melalui TV kabel Indonesia.  Dari namanya bisa ditebak kalau stasiun TV ini 11-12 sama TVRI, sarat dengan dokumenter dan berita tapi masih punya dorama dan (beberapa) variety show yang menghibur.  Wajar lah kalau NHK punya studio park yang konsepnya mendidik tapi tetap entertaining.

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Universal Studio Japan: Snoopy Studio

Bagi yang pernah baca page About, pasti tau dong kalo salah satu dari kami yang ada fans berat Snoopy.  Pokoknya hampir semua barangnya ada sentuhan Snoopy. Bo, ampe walkman aja bela-belain beli yang Snoopy edition (baca ceritanya di sini). Jadi wajar aja pas ke Universal Studio Japan (USJ), kunjungan ke Snoopy Studio di area Universal Wonderland hampir sama wajibnya dengan kunjungan ke The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

H: "Aaaa.... Snoopy! Ayo kita masuk!" A: "Ntar aja kita ke Harry Potter dulu mumpung masih pagi" H: "..... see you soon, Snoopy" *lebay*

H: “Aaaa…. Snoopy! Ayo kita masuk!”
A: “Ntar aja kita ke Harry Potter dulu mumpung masih pagi”
H: “….. see you soon, Snoopy” *lebay*

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Filming Location: Yamada Taro Monogatari – Green Slope

Having one Arashi’s member acts in a dorama is very common. But having two of them as the lead actors in one dorama is a luxury! That’s why Yamada Taro Monogatari is precious. Aired on TBS in summer 2007, this dorama had Arashi’s Ninomiya Kazunari as Yamada Taro and Sakurai Sho as Mimura Takuya.

There are many scenes and places which we found memorable. Remember when those two climbed the Tokyo’s Stairways to Heaven in Atago Shrine?  This time, we’re gonna take you down the slope just like what Mimura-kun did when he was stalking Yamada-kun all the way home from school.

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Yamada-kun, Mimura-kun, matte kudasai!!

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Restaurants in Roppongi for Muslim

What do you do when you are hungry? You’ll look for food, right? But when the desired food is not there for some reasons, you’ll find alternatives. Anything will do, as long as your stomach is fed. Well, in some cases its ingredients and our budget constrain. That was basically what happened while we were starving in Roppongi.

To be honest, we came up with this post by accident. It’s all thanks to a restaurant that was closed during our visit. We looked for other alternatives, and  found out that there are quite a few of Halal food along this Tokyo’s high-class area .

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Filming Location: Saigo no Yakusoku – Hill of Promise

Back in 2010, Arashi stared together in Fuji TV ‘s drama SP titled “Saigo no Yakusoku”. Of course we had to visit their filming location for the “hill of promise” scene. The real one actually called Yuuhi no Oka (hill of sunset) which is located in Sakuragaoka Park, Tama, Tokyo. It’s pretty tricky to go to this location. After getting lost several times (as usual), here we are sharing the easiest way to get there.

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