It’s been 5+ years here at Karakui.com and over a decade of Okinawan pop culture posts spread out throughout the Web. So, what now? Well, from today, you can find us at the brand-spanking new Karakui.net. Not to worry about this site (what we’re referring to as the dotcom) as it’ll still be here with … Continue reading
Just a heads up that there may be some funkiness in accessing Karakui.com as I move the domain to a different registrar (see here). If everything goes well, then you won’t notice any changes to the site. *crossing fingers*
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 48,000 times in 2010. If it were the Taj … Continue reading
It would’ve been nice if I did a countdown to 200,000 hits and I was kinda surprised at how fast we reached it. Nifee deebitan (thank you, thank you, thank you) for checking us out!
I quietly saw Karakui.com pass the 150,000 mark and now we’re over 166,000 hits. Yeah, we’re still a small blog covering the margins of the more popular Japanese pop culture scene but we’re not doing that shabby at all. If you’ve ever kept a blog, and you’re a geek, you’re probably into stats as well. … Continue reading
Great news. WordPress.com now has its own URL shortener! I think we’ll be using WP.me from now on instead of using twitterfeed and bit.ly on Twitter.
Sorry for being MIA for the past couple of weeks. During my time away from Karakui I’ve been collecting stories which you’ll start to see turn up on the blog today. For those who’ve left comments on the blog, sorry for not approving them sooner. Anyhoo, back to posting entries—hope you enjoy them!
Happy New Year dear Karakui.com readers! While we’re still less than five hours from 2009 here in humid Hawaii, in Okinawa, it’s already the new year. So here’s wishing you all the best in 2009 and thank you for visiting Karakui.com. It’s been a pretty amazing year—Karakui.com’s third anniversary is this month—that saw us reach … Continue reading
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you’re all having a nice time today. Let’s all make it safely into the new year. Take care, Richie.
Genres icons from iTunes 8 Originally uploaded by kalphegor Looking for a Xmas gift for that Karakui.com *ahem* fan this season? How about an iTunes gift card? We just updated the page with lots of Okinawa-related artist goodness. Of note is the various artist collection “Respect Record Presents Okinawa Best Song Collection.“ (And, since we … Continue reading
