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Check out this cool music video for a song called Yosawya-san by Japanese electropop group Omodaka from Far East Recordings. I like how the whole time, they make it look like the little kimono-clad 8-bit ladies with the shamisen are the ones playing the song.
I posted another Omodaka video on Boing Boing.
(Thanks, Matt!)
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This is a pretty cool song by OMODAKA, but my favorite is KOKIRIKOBUSHI :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SoZzlgQzHM
Posted by: SANOKAME | August 29, 2008 at 10:26 AM