Good sites

We introduce about karaoke. Karaoke is one of Japanese cultures. It is very interesting for us. We want you to know karaoke.
These sites describe a summary of karaoke and shops in Nagoya.
They also provide the price, picture of karaoke shops and the telephone number. They are written in easy English. We think you can understand them.

http://www.japanese123.com/karaoke.htm

http://kikuko.web.infoseek.co.jp/english/karaoke.html

http://kikuko.web.infoseek.co.jp/english/karaoke-box.html

karaoke machines

There are three main karaoke machines. They are UGA, DAM and JOYSOUND. DAM is the most popular machine. Its quality of sound is very good. JOYSOUND is the second popular machine. It has a lot of foreign music and minor music. It has also many PV. UGA is one of the main machines but now it is not popular so much. I recommend DAM or JOYSOND when you sing songs at karaoke.

Karaoke room

This picture is a karaoke room. There are many kinds of karaoke rooms in Japan.
This picture's room is bigger than usual. In this room, we can singing, eating, drinking and so on.

Interview

I interviewed a family from New Zealandand and friends from Canada and Australia. They are from 10's years old to 50's years old.

1. How long do you sing at karaoke?

★→They usually sing from 3 to 5 hours.
When they go to karaoke with a family, they sing 3 or 4 hours.
When they go to karaoke with friends, they sing more than 5 hours.

2. What do you think enka?

☆→Enka is very nice and traditional.
Kimono and fist are very interesting, attractive!!!!
However, singing enka is difficult for us.

3.Do you enjoy dancing or using music instruments while singing?

★→We sometimes use tambourines but we often give a singer a handclap.
We often only sing together.

4.What is the best food served at karaoke place?

☆→French fried potatos is the best!!!!!

5.What kind of music do you like?
★→Japanese folk music（５０’s　years old)
Japanese pop music(１０’s　and ２０’s years old)
R&B / Rock / Hip Hop / Country songs

Various Karaoke Systems

There are various karaoke systems now. You can record your singing voice and a karaoke machine marks your song. You can also record your voice in animation (afureko) at JOYSOUND(karaoke machine). If you like animation, I want you to challenge it. Karaoke machines have many entertainments, you should try them.

Karaoke-kan

My favorite karaoke shop is Karaoke-kan(カラオケ館). There are clean and beautiful rooms and many food menu and they are not expensive. There are two Karaoke-kans in Nagoya. I'm sorry that this map is written in Japanese but if you saw it, I would be glad.