61st Kohaku Utagassen
No Mikawa Kenichi this year!?!! I was fast forwarding through the recording looking for his costume this year. He wasn't in it! I'm in shock. Kobayashi Sachiko's bird outfit was seriously cool though.
Had the Johnny's trifecta this year - SMAP, Arashi, and TOKIO.
The best part of the whole thing was, IMHO, the performance of the Gegege no Kitaro theme. That was awesome.
However, I HATE with the passion of a thousand burning suns the horrible mascots they added this year. Horrible, creepy red and white monkey-things. You can see them on the official page: http://www9.nhk.or.jp/kouhaku/ They may look a little cute in the banner, but imagine them as full-size fursuits dancing on stage. Horrible.
Had the Johnny's trifecta this year - SMAP, Arashi, and TOKIO.
The best part of the whole thing was, IMHO, the performance of the Gegege no Kitaro theme. That was awesome.
However, I HATE with the passion of a thousand burning suns the horrible mascots they added this year. Horrible, creepy red and white monkey-things. You can see them on the official page: http://www9.nhk.or.jp/kouhaku/ They may look a little cute in the banner, but imagine them as full-size fursuits dancing on stage. Horrible.