J-pop diva Ayumi Hamasaki has recently put her beach house up for sale. The house was built in the exclusive gated community Zushi City, located in the Kanagawa prefecture.  Fans were easily able to recognize this home seeing as it provided the setting for her photobook “ayu LIFE STYLE BOOK”, which hit store shelves earlier this year in January.

The stunning property is over 7,500 square feet and has six bedrooms. An outdoor pool, Jacuzzi and heated stone sauna are just some of the perks that come with the house. One of the most beautiful features is the stunning ocean view in the master bedroom suite.  Oddly the listing says the house has 0 bathrooms, perhaps Ayu prefers taking care of business in a more natural setting.

Interested in buying? It can be yours for the low price of 3.4 million USD! Pictures of the home can be seen below.

(thanks to Nicoline for the tip)

DIR EN GREY has announced on their official website  that they will be releasing a new album and embarking on a new tour this coming Fall!

The album titled “ARCHE” is scheduled to be released December 10th. ARCHE, which German for Ark, will be the bands first studio album in three years, their last being 2011’s “Dum Spiro Spiro” It’s expected that their two singles “Rinkaku” (2012) and “Sustain the Untruth” (2014) will be included on the album.

Starting in November the band will start a new tour titled “TOUR 14-15 BY THE GRACE OF GOD”. Unfortunately only Japanese dates have been listed so far, but it’s only a matter of time before DIR EN GREY heads overseas for their legion of fans.

Stay tuned for updates on ARCHE’s album cover and tracklist!

Victor Entertainment has uploaded Plastic Tree‘s latest video ‘Mime‘ featuring vocalist Ryutaro getting a closer look at his band members’ instruments with a magnifying glass.

It will be released in four different versions: three limited CD+DVD editions and a regular CD only edition.

Check out the video and short TV spot below!

ARAMA! JAPAN has been open for a little over a month now and we’re rapidly growing thanks to all of you and your continued support!

Arama isn’t just one person. It takes a whole team to run a site! We’re currently looking to expand and find great people interested in joining our passionate crew.

In a ranking conducted by popular website goo, fans were asked to choose their favorite singles released by Ayumi Hamasaki. Over a 24 hour period, visitors chose their most loved songs from Ayumi’s extensive catalog of hit singles spanning the singer’s 16 year career. Check out her 30 highest rated singles below the jump.

Last week, we brought you the music video to EXILE TRIBE’s THE REVOLUTION. Today the 26 member group revealed another video to their soon to be released album. 24WORLD is the second song  on their album.  This video and song follows the 24karats trilogy, 24karats being LDH‘s own clothing brand. Think Jay-Z and rocawear or 50cent and his G-Unit brand. The video features members in various parts of Tokyo such as Shibuya, Kabukicho, Roppongi. Viewers are also able to enjoy a beautiful aerial view of the city as well.

And it wouldn’t be a 24Karats song without a featured part by DOBERMAN INC., now known as DOBERMAN INFINITY. Like in many EXILE TRIBE videos, the dancers also play center roles as they show off their own dancing styles in various parts of Tokyo city. Overall leading to a very fun and interesting video.

Check out the video below! If you missed it before, check here for THE REVOLUTION’s PV, and here for the album’s tracklist.

The Hana Kimi & Hana Yori Dango stars will again reunite to play childhood friends who join forces on opposite sides of the law in the television adaptation of the manga Ouroboros -Keisatsu o Sabaku wa Ware ni Ari by Yuya Kanzaki  which  will air on TBS by January.

Reported by ANN, the 18th volume of the manga is announcing on Saturday that a live-action television adaptation has been green-lit. Launched in Comic Bunch in 2009, the magazine had revealed last month that the manga’s 18th volume will have an “important announcement.”

Preceding the release of her 8th Japanese album next month, BoA has released a short clip for new promotional video ‘First Time‘. This video follows BoA as she goes about her daily activities, from arriving at the airport, to sitting in the car, to showing of her eyewear collection, to recording a new song, and behind the scenes look at a photoshoot.

Her new album ‘Who’s Back?‘ follows her 2010 release ‘Identity’ and features 14 songs including the material she has released since, like ‘Shout It Out’ and ‘Masayume Chasing’.