The 71st edition of Kohaku Utagassen was nothing but mediocre this year. As a show that reflects on society, its culture and its overall state of mind, this year we saw a rather emotional and overall well-delivered edition of the popular year-end contest that did not fall short on anything. With no audience physically present at the NHK hall, a…

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Without much doubt 2020 has not been a typical run-of-the-mill standard year for pretty much all of us (whole of the human race) and if we got something very clearly this time around is quite possibly what we have always long expected, unprecedented change. If anybody had told me that 2020 was going to pan out the way it did…

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The 70th edition of Kohaku Utagassen was unlike previous editions quite appealing in its own unique way. With a Tokyo Olympics 2020 oriented theme there was a good degree of innovation followed by both musical talent and interesting performances. Once again the White team represented by the gentlemen won, but not without facing great contenders and performances from the Red...Read more