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Age: 21+ , Tickets: $15 adv/day , Show starts: 8:30 pm
Phone: 415-771-1421
At: The Independent, 628 Divisadero St. San Francisco CA 94117
with: CHATMONCHY / Omodaka / Red Bacteria Vacuum / OKAMOTO’S / JinnyOops!

http://sxsw-asia.com/JapanNite2010/tourdate.html

http://www.theindependentsf.com/calendar/event-detail/?tfly_event_id=4535

SF J-pop band Neko Punch plays songs off their newly released “Matatabi” EP at the Anime on Display (AOD) convention in Japantown’s Hotel Kabuki this Saturday!

Admission is free for AOD attendees.

Neko Punch website: http://myspace.com/nekopunch

All ages.

Location: The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Boulevard, SF, CA 94115
Tickets: $30 + fees at Live Nation

Event on Live Nation: http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/414958

All under one roof, come and enjoy the cinema, retail, art, and food at NEW PEOPLE. Get lost, meet new people, stop for a sip of coffee, and dream a dream. With the gallery on top and cinema down below, we’re sure that you’ll have a wonderful journey in-between, so take your time to savor it all.

The celebration will be accompanied by the J-POP SUMMIT Festival 2009, a pop culture-themed street fair that covers the grounds of Post Street from Webster to Buchanan to the Peace Plaza of Japantown, San Francisco. This year’s festival is hosted by NEW PEOPLE in cooperation with the Japantown Merchants Association, and centered around the grand opening of the NEW PEOPLE building. It all starts with the official tape cutting ceremony, and after the traditional Kagami-wari (breaking of the sake barrel), NEW PEOPLE will open its doors to the public for the very first time.

The grand opening finale is a glamorous red carpet premiere event of the Japanese hit movie 20th Century Boys at VIZ CINEMA, after a series of pop culture panels with a variety of guests from Tokyo and the local community, at the J-POP SUMMIT Stage co-presented by Yelp! in front of NEW PEOPLE.

Source: New People

Japan Nite is coming to SF to celebrate the grand opening of New People!

Sat, Aug 15, 12 noon – 6pm @ Japantown MTV IGGY Stage

Sun, Aug 16, starts at 8pm @ Yoshi’s, 1330 Fillmore St, Phone: 415-655-5600
Tickets: $ 16 advance / $20 at the door [Buy Tickets]

SF Pride is thrilled to announce that BoA, Asia’s #1-charting pop star, will be headlining on the Main Stage on Sunday, June 28. BoA, now 22, has enjoyed an extremely successful nine-year career in Asia where she has released eleven #1 albums.

Source: http://www.sfpride.org

Location: Retox Lounge, 628 20th St (at 3rd St), San Francisco

Neko Punch is back after a long time, with its own brand of Japanese power-pop, playing all-time favorites and several brand new songs — with Mikko on vocals, Mitch on bass, Joachim on drums, and featuring new guitarist Tony. Please check us out at www.myspace.com/nekopunch

Location: Best Buy, 1717 Harrison, San Francisco, CA 94103-4272

For more info call 415.626.9682

Update 2009.05.12:

This event has been cancelled!
More info here: http://utada.com/news/default.aspx?nid=2092

This post was submitted by Larushka.

Lineup: detroit7 / SA / SPARTA LOCALS / FLiP / Omodaka
Venue: The Independent, 628 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA 94117

Website: http://myspace.com/japannite

An Cafe – short for Antique Cafe – is a Japanese Visual-Kei rock band by miku (vocals), takuya (guitar), kanon (bass), yu-ki (keyboard) and teruki (drums.) The band was formed in 2003 and still retains the two key songwriting members.

An Cafe is extremely popular amongst teenagers for their larger than life-sized lyrics and a kickin’ rock sound inspiring their young audiences to dance and shout. Their songs appeal to ALL J-POP fans not just limited to the Visual-Kei crowd. More often than not the band attracts audiences that aren’t even familiar with the Visual-Kei genre. These non-VK fans are drawn to the fun, raw energy of An Cafe’s live performance. Each member expresses a unique distinct personality on stage.

Time: 8pm (doors open at 7:30pm)
Location: Slim’s, 333 11th Street, San Francisco, California
Tickets: $30 [Buy online here]
All ages 6+!

An Cafe official website: http://www.ancafe-web.com