ICHIYA’s POP Eye – Uniform

　From Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Moshi Moshi Nippon’s “ICHIYA’s POP EYE”.   Today’s topic is Uniform!   High school girls are trendsetters of Japanese pop culture. They create trends in fashion and foods. High school girl’s fashion has been getting more attentions from oversea; especially their uniforms are very popular. Some people overseas wear Japanese high school girl’s uniforms too.   In old days, student’s uniforms were  a symbol of regulations. However, they became very fashionable nowadays and have been loved. That is why, even...

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ICHIYA’s POP Eye – Sound

　From Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Moshi Moshi Nippon’s “ICHIYA’s POP EYE”.   Today’s topic is Sound!   Japan is noisy. When you walk around a town and enter a store, you can hear many melodies from TV commercials. “♪Bic bic bic bic camera”  “♪Seven eleven good feelings”   Melodies of television’s CM are played in town.  “Rasshai, Rasshai, Rasshai!” --  it means “Welcome”  “Tohle Tole Peech Peech!” --- it means “It’s fresh”   Many different of catch phrases become jingles and attract you to go inside a store.  ...

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ICHIYA’s POP Eye – Machine

　From Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Moshi Moshi Nippon’s “ICHIYA’s POP EYE”.   Today’s topic is Machine!   Life in Japan is surrounded by machines. One of the examples is vending machine.  You can find it everywhere, outdoors and indoors. In Japan, there are five million vending machines. The total annual sales are fifty billion dollars.  You can purchase anything with them, not only juice, beers, cigarettes, magazines, but also instant cup noodles, bananas, sushi, eggs, flowers, umbrellas, and underwear.    Moreover, they talk....

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ICHIYA’s POP Eye – Toy

　 From Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Moshi Moshi Nippon’s “ICHIYA’s POP EYE”.   Today’s topic is Toy!   Do you know Tamagotchi?    I believe many people have experiences playing with Tamagotchi. You can feed a character that appears on the screen so that it will grow up.  Tamagotchi’s mood stays good as long as you keep communicating with it, and finally it will transform into a character of various kinds. It is a typical example of Cool Japan. It is a combination of cute character design and high technology. Tamagotchi are not only...

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