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Umm, I didn't
get around to doing this page yet. It's supposed to be about where
you can find dramas and SataSuMa on tape, but since I moved and have lost
tons of time, I can't update this right away. Try looking on the links
page for discussion groups who will trade VCDs or MPEGS or video tapes
with you.
On the other hand,
however you can also try Kinokuniya. Shingo Mama's Johnny Press makes
all sorts of cookbooks and photo books of those boys, and in addition
to that there are a number of independent publishers who do the same thing.
Shingo Mama makes a debut on the SMAP live DVD collection (as well as
Takuya Mama, for goodness sake) and other variety programs like Domoto
Kyoudai. I lived in Hungary and if there's a shop in Hungary with a store
that rents SataSuMa Shingo Mama videos, there's sure as heck one where
you live. Check the yellow pages for Japanese video rentals near you,
and don't bother checking places like Blockbuster cuz they won't have
it.
Other info is this:
no, they don't make a Shingo Mama doll. The photograph on the pics
page is a beautiful make-shift creation using a Ken doll, dollar-store
black Barbie wigs and a very good hand at sewing. I looked in oddity-shops
here in Tokyo (like Harajuku, Ochanomizu and even Kouji Machi) but it
just doesn't exist. There are other weird Shingo Mama things, though,
like notebooks, stickers and uchiwa fans.
More to come later,
if I ever get around to it.
Shingo
Katori, Masahiro Nakai, Ken Miyake and all of SMAP are copyrighted Johnny's
Entertainment. SataSuma is owned by TV Fuji, Japan. Visit the official Shingo
Mama website at http://www.shingomama.com.
Japanese only. This is a Clockwork
Blue website. All information on this website is for entertainment only
and is not for commercial use.