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Tokyo pt 6 - Para Para Tokyo! 東京のパラパラ！
2008-07-04 12:50PM / 標準BLOG / Japan-Related Blog / 會員可以看
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More from our Tokyo Trip! Next Stop - Roppongi! 食事後、六本木へ行った！

Actually one of my more eccentric interests in Japanese pop culture is the Para Para Dance phenonmenon. ...around 2000 or so this was a big dance craze in Japan, particularly amongst the 'Gyaru' types, who are mistakenly all lumped into the 'Ganguro' label (Japanese subcultures get very complicated).　僕は日本に住んでいた時クラブよく行った、一番好きなクラブイベントはパラパラでした、前の方が人気けど、日本のクラブまだ見える。先週末友達とクラブで見つけた！楽しかった！

For those who don't know, Para Para dancing is a dance style comprised mostly of choreographed arm waving, usually done in synch with other people as a group... to super fast electronic dance music.

Here's an example:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd3JaSAfnfY
(外国友達為にの説明ビデオです）。

The phenomenon has lost popularity over the last few years and morphed into the 'Euro-trance' dance scene, but especially amongst the old schoolers, para para dance will never die. While living in Japan a few years back some friends introduced me to the scene and I found it to be amazingly bizarre and entertaining.

So I was quite pleased when we found a club in Tokyo on Friday night that had some para para going on in the back room. The music was good, the people were friendly and fun and it was a lot of fun watching Pat and Mai try their hand at the Para Para.... 　パット君と舞ちゃんはパラパラもしてみた、如何ですか？上手？

To somewhat mixed results:
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG0tUMm1934

ok, as you can see, he got better as the night went on...

(i thought it was supposed to be synchronized?)
シンクロじゃないか？

Obviously Pat's got a long way to go... especially if he wants to dethrone the Para Para Charisma Master, Takuya Kimura!
パット君頑張れなければならないよ！パラパラカリスママスター木村拓哉まだ一番です：

Bonus - A photo we took at an intermediate stage:

東京のクラブ楽しかった！

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Etchy
留言於2008-07-14 2:42AM

its because my head is 3x bigger than everyone else's...
mio
留言於2008-07-14 2:06AM [举报]

I look VERY small in this pic.
bleupluie
留言於2008-07-06 3:45PM [举报]

you reminded me of the Para Para Paradise game...
Etchy
留言於2008-07-06 12:39AM

shorty - what did it look like? hmm... maybe its based on Otachidai...
shorty
留言於2008-07-05 8:11PM [举报]

We've been doing the Roppongi line dance at Body Jam. We did it at every class for two weeks beginning three weeks ago as it was the new dance routine. Apparently our international Body Jam choreographer went to Japan, saw the line dance, and decided to incorporate it into our Body Jam routines.
gilgamesh
留言於2008-07-05 1:23AM [举报]

Yeah, funtime, hahaha !!! :)
吳迪
留言於2008-07-05 1:08AM [举报]

glad you guys had fun there !!! take me next time please !!!
Etchy
留言於2008-07-04 11:53PM

yes, Korikki is a classic in a bizareness way... but Maeken is also up there... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toQQGmYekj8
bao3
留言於2008-07-04 11:33PM [举报]

to me night of fire with korrikki is still the best para para video... haha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrqNKzNrwLU
JoanneSanderson
留言於2008-07-04 6:08PM [举报]

I was never good at the Time Warp so I sincerely doubt I'd be good at something that needs a hell of a lot of co-ordination, like Para Para. Patrick looked to be having a lot of fun, certainly looks a fun dance.
kikilala
留言於2008-07-04 6:06PM [举报]

Taku is cool!! Thanks for posting!! :op
Etchy
留言於2008-07-04 3:08PM

scottie - souljah boy single handedly killed hip-hop! ParaPara Pat will single handedly save it.
Etchy
留言於2008-07-04 3:08PM

jane - that one they posed for...
許懷谷
留言於2008-07-04 2:41PM [举报]

Nooo.. my eyes. stop bringin this fad back. It needs to stay buried. Just kiddin'. Just overlay it with some soulja boy and you could set a new trend again.
janechu
留言於2008-07-04 2:29PM [举报]

hahaa.. that's great... so where's the para para vid of you? hahaa...

they're in-sync here... hahaa.. =) how fun...
Joanna Yang
留言於2008-07-04 2:12PM [举报]

pretty entertaining both Para Para videos
黃婉佩
留言於2008-07-04 1:33PM [举报]

Great video! Man you guys had such a crzy time there. Pat's hilarious as always and I realised that he's always caught in funny poses in clubs!