j1m0ne's blog

Happy new year folks, Kohaku is over. Once again I sat through the whole shebang (somehow), cheered a lot, frowned a lot, pressed mute a few times. I am sorry to everyone following my Twitter for the spam throughout the night.

Less a review, more a live-blogging-twitter-spamming kind of thing.

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NHK’s annual new year’s eve 4 ½ hour countdown extravaganza is just a few days away and I trust Mizuki Nana’s appearance this year will pull in the otaku crowd, most of whom probably never even thought of watching it before. I have been watching it every 31st December for the last 10 years, even though it’s mostly terribly cheesy entertainment with very little musical merit on display – I keep coming back, and I can’t explain why.

I’m sure there’s a lot of first-timers with regards to Kohaku so I’ll do a long-winded, down-and-dirty guide to get you up to speed with the whole event. Perhaps you might find it useful when trying to explain to your mom why you’re watching 5 hours of middle-aged ojisan and obasan wailing as if they’re constipating.

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