Book Review: No pianos, Pets and Foreigners – Joe Palermo
"A young Japanese woman was running through Tokyo station screaming “Save me! Save me!” There was a Japanese man chasing...
Book Review: Jun’ichi Tanizaki – The Bridge of Dreams
The Bridge of Dreams is a collection of short stories by Tanizaki’s hand, released by Dutch publisher De Bezige Bij...
10 Japanese films and series to watch during the holidays
Alone during the holiday season? Or do you like to watch a nice ‘feel good’ film or romantic drama series?...
Film Review: AN (A Sweet Taste of Life)
The new movie あん (AN) from Naomi Kawase made in 2015 was shown at the International Film Festival in Rotterdam...
Film Review: Umimachi Diary (Our Little Sister)
Last December I went to the special Filmfocus evening from the Filmhuis in The Hague. This is event is held...
J-Drama Review: Mahoro Ekimae Bangaichi
As a guestblogger for AVO Blog I thought: “It might be fun to write something completely different from a music...
Film Review: Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises
Last Sunday the 27th of April I got an amazing opportunity. I was allowed to watch the last first of...
A tribute to Hayao Miyazaki (part 2)
Click here for part 1 of this tribute to Hayao Miyazaki. As promised in my blog from yesterday I will...
A tribute to Hayao Miyazaki (part 1)
Hayao Miyazaki | © Thomas Schulz / detengase @ Flickr Last week some big news became...
AVO Blog interview with OROCHI
Last week on the 16th of March 2013 the Samurai Rock band OROCHI, the winner of theJaME x Râmen bandscontest,...
Cancellations and postponements of Japan-related events in 1 list
It is a difficult situation right now, because of the COVID-19 pandemic a lot of events are uncertain, got postponed...
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AVO Magazine interview with Kaya: “I would like to cosplay an antagonist from Disney”
Just shortly before the performance of Visual-kei artist Kaya at Abunai! 2013: Darkness Rising we had the opportunity to sit...
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AVO interview with Shota of ADAMS
To promote the new single of ADAMS, Akisame, was Shota, guitarist of ADAMS in Europe. We met him at the...
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AVO Blog Interview with X Made Alcoholic Santaclaus
Since X Made Alcoholic Santaclaus announced their first European tour, it was reason enough to interview this new Heavy Rock’n’roll...
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AVO Blog interview with Haruka
Time for a new interview, this time with Haruka (遼花 -haruka-). AVO talked with her about being a soloartist, her...
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