A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

Men are idolaters, and want something to look at and kiss and hug, or throw themselves down before; they always did, they always will; and if you don’t make it of wood, you must make it of words, which are just as much used for idols as promissory notes are used for values.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar

Article (1872-05), “The Poet at the Breakfast-Table,” Atlantic Monthly

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…

Since it is #JMusicFriday & #PikarinDay I will follow up @kingu #ShiinaHikari post with with Rashasa Dance

#JIdol: #椎名ひかりPikarin Shiina

椎名ひかり / 「羅刹遊戯」Official MV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoYMhireuZ4

I must love red outfits with gold braid. And this is one of my fav. songs.

#椎名ひかり #椎名ぴかりん #PSama
#地下アイドル #アイドル #Idol #JRock

Being new on Mastodon and finding accounts like @cryptpad or @signalapp after having been a regular user of the softwares for years feels like arriving to paradise and finally meet with your childhood idol.

For Love of a Konbini Idol, I Searched for the Kudan
Chapter 45 Released
Haruyama Pass (春山峠)

By Nara Moore
Art Mai-sensei

Tomo and Kan-chan begin their mission to rescue Ume and Shishi, but first they must make their way across Kakuriyo through Haruyama Pass.

Join Ume & her family as their relationships develop. In a creepy world where “love” never dies
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At: https://yuribynaramoore.yoshino.garden/konbini-idol/
https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104
https://archiveofourown.org/works/52770025

Artist: https://bsky.app/profile/maisart.bsky.social

Tags: #KonbiniIdol #LesFic #LGBTQ #LightNovel #Idol #ParanormalRomance #QueerFiction #Romance #Sapphic #SapphicRomance #Yuri #Queer #Kitsune #Yokai

For Love of a Konbini Idol, I Searched for the Kudan
Chapter 44 Released
Kitsune Letter (キツネの手紙)

By Nara Moore
Art Mai-sensei

Tomo receives a cryptic letter.

          Under Tendō’s peace
          In Mayoiga, they wait,
          Swallow and Plum.
          Now is the time to rescue,
          If you come, we’ll save them.

Join Ume & her family as their relationships develop. In a creepy world where “love” never dies
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At: https://yuribynaramoore.yoshino.garden/konbini-idol/
https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104
https://archiveofourown.org/works/52770025

Tags: #KonbiniIdol #LesFic #LGBTQ #LightNovel #Idol #ParanormalRomance #QueerFiction #Romance #Sapphic #SapphicRomance #Yuri #Queer #Kitsune

ICYMI: Ever make a tweet so bad that it ended your company? That appears to be what happened after a cosmetics maker’s CEO criticized a Japanese singing trio on the company’s official account.

https://unseen-japan.com/comestics-company-closes-number-i/

Ex-SMAP member Nakai Masahiro has broken his silence about the massive settlement he paid a woman who works for Fuji TV, admitting there was an "incident" but that it's "resolved" and he plans to continue working. However, his alleged victim says she doesn't forgive him.

https://unseen-japan.com/nakai-masahiro-smap-settlement-statement/

ICYMI: Japan’s experiencing a boom in oshikatsu (推し活) – commercial activities (活) in support of one’s favorite star, or oshi (推し). But is that a good thing? New data shows many fans are concerned about the financial toll that supporting their faves is taking on their pocketbooks.

https://unseen-japan.com/oshikatsu-addiction-japan/

For Love of a Konbini Idol, I Searched for the Kudan
Chapter 41 Released
Welcome (お帰りなさい))

By NaraMoore
Art Maisensei

Things seem to have reached a peaceful resolution at the Mayoiga, but not everything is as it would appear.

Join Ume & her family as their relationships develop. In a creepy world where “love” never dies
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At: https://yuribynaramoore.yoshino.garden/konbini-idol/
https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104
https://archiveofourown.org/works/52770025

Tags: #KonbiniIdol #LesFic #LGBTQ #LightNovel #Idol #ParanormalRomance #QueerFiction #Romance #Sapphic #SapphicRomance #Yuri #Queer

In a fit of manic obsession, I've made myself a bronze statue of some kind. 

İ̪͠t̷̩͆ ̝ͬ͟w̷̴̥͑h̛̰̹ͦi̢̭̹̐ͦs̹̓̕̕p͇͍̓ͯ̐͡ę̮̬͒͞r̛̮̅ͪͪ̀s̴̘̋͢ ͓̓̀̕͠ͅt̡͓͈̂ͣ̀̕ǫ̸͙̩̗͋͞ ͮ̐ͪͩ͏̛ͅm̑͌͛͏̪̕e͐̿ͥ̊͏̴̸̧̖̭̱̯͖

Can oshikatsu - supporting one's favorite idol, anime character, or other entertainer - be unhealthy? New survey data shows teen girls spending over half their disposable funds on their oshi, raising concerns about how the activity can morph from a hobby into an addiction.

https://unseen-japan.com/oshikatsu-addiction-japan/

On the TV show SEVEN COLORS~girls life memory~, the contestants lived together Terrace House-style and were judged by seven “charm” factors. On December 18th, fans were supposed to find out who made the cut and who didn't.

But that never happened.

https://unseen-japan.com/seven-colors-idol-audition-no-result/

TBS idol contest program Seven Colors was supposed to announce its winners this week. Instead, producers outraged fans by saying they'd debut moxymill in January w/ less than the planned seven members because they just didn't find the contestants charming enough.

https://buff.ly/4iOL6cI

#FridayKiss "Talented"

From "For Love of a Konbini Idol" vol. 1

She was a talented idol, then it ended...

At: https://archiveofourown.org/works/52770025
https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104

Happy 6th anniversary to Kondo Akihito and Hatsune Miku, who have stirred discussion in South Korea after Kondo posted an anniversary pic of him and his virtual singer waifu. Some Koreans say it’s evidence that Japan is cracked, while others shrugged and wished the couple well.

Want a shrine for your oshi? Stores that sell Buddhist altars (butsudan) in Japan for remembering deceased loved ones are facing tough times as the practice falls out of favor - which has them scrambling to find a new, more modern market.

Is this idol group in Japan going to jail? In a rare move, police have filed charges against a group's four 20-something female members and six men in their management company for advertising and holding an unauthorized live performance in front of Shinjuku Station.