The Lawrence Kansas Monthly Blog

  Okay, here's something that I'm gonna try once I'm back in Lawrence. Momoko Gift Boutique! You may ask yourself, “What is Momoko Gift Boutique?”. Well if you don’t know, then I’ll tell you all about it. It's a Japanese gift shop located here at KU. It's at 714 Massachusetts St. A Japanese toy store featuring mechanical claw machines as well as gifts like tumblers, bags, hair ornaments, pencils, pins, socks, jewelry and more. Gifts feature Japanese animated characters like Hello Kitty, Pokemon, Mario Brothers, and more. Hey if you like this one, then maybe I can give this gift shop a try. Besides it's got snacks and sodas too. I wonder if there's some new flavors of soda I wanna try. I'll just have to wait and see. For those of you who haven't experienced Momoko on Mass St., let me explain to you on the history of Japanese snacks and soda that I've experienced. I'll give you some detail about it. First off, I went to World Market the other d...

  You are now tuned in to your favorite KU radio station on your FM dial. This is… I know what you’re thinking. How did you get to listen to KJHK for the first time on the radio? Well to explain, I’ll tell you. It all started the first time Stephanie and I were just hanging out together inside the car listening to the radio ready to go places. When we turned on the music when the car started, and suddenly out came KJHK. Ever since we started listening to the radio, we listened to that station all the time before I listened to my favorite radio stations too. It was so authentic and totally independent. In case you wanna know more, hear this. KJHK is a campus radio station, located in Lawrence, Kansas at the University of Kansas.  On December 3, 1994, the station became one of the first radio stations in the world to broadcast a live and continuous stream over  internet radio.  It currently broadcasts at 2600 watts, with a broadcast area covering most of northeast Kans...