My name is Danny and I am the founder of Japan Jukebox. I have been interested in Japanese culture and music my entire life.
Before Japan Jukebox, I hosted a Shoutcast station called “Mafu Japan” which I started sometime around the mid 2000s. One day, I was very surprised when someone told me that they had heard a Japanese radio program on KRVS. It turned out to be a show called “Rock Japan” and I became a regular listener.
Rock Japan was short lived, and when it ended abruptly, I decided to give conventional radio a shot for myself. I guess the rest is history.π»
Since Japanese music has long been a part of my everyday life, continuing to do the show for many years isn’t an issue. I’m always on the lookout for new artists and staying up to date with my favorites.
I have several favorites, but my absolute favorite is a band called “the pillows”. I buy everything they release, wear their t-shirts, try to go to as many of their concerts as possible, etc. I can guarantee you that I will be posting about the pillows a lot on this blog.π
When I started the show, I was living in Lafayette, Louisiana. In 2016, I moved to Japan permanently. πΎ
The culture in Japan is completely different, but I enjoy the change in pace.
Besides Japanese music, I enjoy aimlessly wandering Japan, cooking and trying new foods, translation, gadgets, video games (especially Nintendo and Mega Man), non-Japanese music, turntables, and so on.
I’ll try to post interesting things here. π¦‘
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