Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 4009 Location: East Coast, US Country:
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2004 9:01 pm Post subject:
Hijikata wrote:
some friend of mine told me that most of the beautiful women in Japan in general (ordinary people) are Okinawans.
they would be correct. in mainland JPN, the okinawans are looked upon as very exotic because of their totaly different look to regular JPNese. The have darker skin tone, rounder eyes, (compared to yamato-jin's paler skin tone and almond-shaped eyes) but still speak JPNese whereas they are not 'too' foreign from the JPN population. _________________
namie amuro is 75%japanese 25% italian,all i can say her new image is perfect...i like her,i have no regret if i could be her husband. _________________
Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 4009 Location: East Coast, US Country:
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:03 am Post subject:
ahochaude wrote:
How come? It's good..... (IMO)
Except for the English lyrics which hardly makes any sense....
thats the part i'm talking about. and besides she's a better dancer than singer. besides I still like her older stuff (chase the chance, body feels exit, neverend, etc.) much better. _________________
Joined: 10 Jan 2004 Posts: 221 Location: USA Country:
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 4:37 am Post subject:
I like her old music and her new music too, but I like more of her new songs. I think she can sing in "Wishing On The Same Star" but on some of her older songs her voice wasn't as good. Her english lyrics don't make sense but they're funny. I laugh when she says bootylicious in Uh Uh and "me so horney" in So Crazy.
Joined: 15 Jul 2003 Posts: 582 Location: san francisco, USA Country:
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:20 am Post subject:
amuro namie has a concert going on in japan. I REALLY want to go..
im thinking of asking my Okinawan friend to come with me.. its ending in april or may. im gonna try to schedule it during spring break..
i've always been a big fan of hers since i visited okinawa in 96, she was a real big star by then (her releases were sweet 19 blues, chase the chance, body feels exit at the time).
also the myth about okinawans being hairy, dark, round eyes, is only about half true. okinawans for a long time were not considered japanese, and the history of okinawa is very different from mainland japan (they even had their own language, which sounds totally different than japanese). they were treated as outsiders (or as another race). my friend is half okinawan and half mainland japanese, there was soo much prejudice against this kind of coupling that her father's parents who are mainland japanese came to okinawa to stop the wedding. _________________
Joined: 01 Oct 2003 Posts: 10291 Location: Matsuhama-cho, Ashiya-shi, Hyogo-ken, Japan Country:
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:40 am Post subject:
amrayu wrote:
also the myth about okinawans being hairy, dark, round eyes, is only about half true. okinawans for a long time were not considered japanese, and the history of okinawa is very different from mainland japan
Yes, Okinawa was it's own kingdom before.
amrayu wrote:
(they even had their own language, which sounds totally different than japanese).
Hogen......... very different!
I only know "Haisai" and "Hago".
amrayu wrote:
they were treated as outsiders (or as another race).
I think it's getting better now compared to before. But yeah, it's still there. I've experienced it too from some mainland Japanese F tourist who I got into an argument with at one time.
amrayu wrote:
my friend is half okinawan and half mainland japanese, there was soo much prejudice against this kind of coupling that her father's parents who are mainland japanese came to okinawa to stop the wedding.
Joined: 14 Dec 2001 Posts: 1837 Location: United States Country:
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:49 am Post subject:
I've loved Namie for a long time. She and Max were my first JPOP artists that I heard. I still remember them as Super Monkeys, LOL. I must say Namie's voice has improved over time. I used to say "Her songs are good but she can't sing too good ", but I think she's improved a LOT. Plus she's got a quarter Sicilian in her, so I gotta have her back because I have Sicilian in me too, LOL
About the Okinawan prejudice thing....yeah, it has gotten much better, I believe. I still know Japanese who have prejudices against Ainu but not Okinawans. One of my Japanese friends said "Okinawans smell different", hehehehe. I have heard that said before. I don't think it's meaning they stink, but just have a different, uh, aroma? Maybe implying they are a different "breed", lol.
Joined: 24 Jun 2002 Posts: 4009 Location: East Coast, US Country:
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2004 8:19 pm Post subject:
amrayu wrote:
amuro namie has a concert going on in japan. I REALLY want to go..
im thinking of asking my Okinawan friend to come with me.. its ending in april or may. im gonna try to schedule it during spring break..
i've always been a big fan of hers since i visited okinawa in 96, she was a real big star by then (her releases were sweet 19 blues, chase the chance, body feels exit at the time).
wow, really? if tix price are below $1K this summer, i'll prolly go, just in time to MISS her concert (damn). _________________
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