Last New Years Eve, Yoshi and I stayed at the Kabuki Hotel in SF J-Town. I guess they pipe in the NHK for the guests there because there is no NHK to be found via DirecTV in San Jose, where we are this year. No NHK = NO KOHAKU. BOO, DIRECTV.
Anyway, since New Years Eve doesn’t feel like New Years Eve unless I have at least a little Red and White Song Battling, Yoshi was nice enough to go online to find a clip from this year’s Kohaku already posted. Yay!
Here is Jero, our favorite African-American Enka singer performing, with a guest appearance of his Mommy sitting in the audience, calling him “chibi” and saying “gambatte.” Awww…
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!!!
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3 Comments to “Jero on Kohaku 2008”
John wrote:
What are you doing in San Jose?
Posted on 01-Jan-09 at 2:26 am | Permalink
cheekyricegirl wrote:
seriously — awesomeness! and i found that clip of his mom, trembling and all tearful, to be very touching.
Posted on 04-Jan-09 at 3:28 pm | Permalink
jozjozjoz wrote:
Hey John, I just saw your comment. I go up to San Jose, San Leandro, and Sacramento EVERY New Years for various shogatsu celebrations. Sometimes I spend New Years Eve in SF, too.
Posted on 04-Jan-09 at 10:53 pm | Permalink
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