“Again” is the latest single from YUI and I must say, it’s pretty cool. The song has some nice guitar riffs weaved in and YUI’s vocals shine…

“戦ぎの手紙”

“ゴー・ナウ”

“nibiiro no star”

Formed in 2000 and disbanded in 2004. I wish I could give you more info but there’s not much of it around. Enjoy!

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Cash Money Distribution give us a hot tee with a dash of Japanese stylee.

The simple-yet affective design of The Tokyo Hustler Tee stands out as cool.…

The Kaisatsuko is the unique creation of a Japanese experimental musician. Half upright fiddle, half hurdy gurdy, the Kaisatsuko has a suprising sound.

With a few days away from a computer, I thought I’d share some recent finds. Here’s a few gems of older Korean pop music…reminds me how much I love the classics.

Here’s an exceptional article and a quick lesson in a facet of Japanese history, “Komuso: Japanese Zen Priest, A chance encounter with a vision from Japan’s past”. Check it out.

Muxtape: “a simple way to create and share mp3 mixtapes”. I was thinking of how I could use this thing and then it dawned on me — SparkPlugged Muxtape! With 12 songs to play and mess around with, the SparkPlugged Muxtape will be updated pretty often.

Yuichiro Miura once again left Japan heading towards Everest. The difference between him and all other adventurers heading towards Everest is…

After firing over 20 maids in just three years, HK star Jacky Cheung must be one tough man to please — and the Philippine government agrees.

While Jacky…

SparkPlugged’s quick guide to typing Korean

It’s one thing to write Korean but if you’re like me, you want to be able to type it.

The problem: The placement…