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The Yartz | Unknown Nichigo

Waltzing Matildas In The Land Of The Rising Sun

Waltzing Matilda is probably Australia’s most famous song and it’s certainly a tune that remains powerfully iconic of Down Under, but has not had the impact in Japan of other Aussie tunes, like say, Click Go the Shears. That’s not to say that Matilda hasn’t made it’s mark. However, like many things Japan, it’s legacy…

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The Yartz | Unknown Nichigo

Sheer Nonsense? No, Shear Delight!

Australia hasn’t really had much of an impact on Japanese culture over the years, but there is one case that inspires sheer delight….or perhaps that should be “shear?” For Japanese of a certain age, 調子をそろえて、クリック、クリック、クリック (Choshi wo soroete kurikku, kurikku, kurikku, is a highly familiar song picked up in an early season of Minna no…

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Shear Fluke! A Rare Aussie Cultural Hit in Japan

Australia’s impact on Japanese society is visible in numerous areas, but in the cultural sphere, Australian influence has been negligible at best. オーストラリアは日本社会に対してあらゆる分野で与えた影響が見えるが、文化の面ではオーストラリアのインパクトがほぼないといって良いところだ。 Apart from a literal honeymoon period in the early 1990s when cashed-up newlyweds made Down Under their favored destination, the odd hit movie during the Australian New Wave cinema of the 1970s…

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