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Matthew Holmes
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 20, 2011
Kido dials up the romance
I'm told Ryuto Miyake, the artist who sketched the portrait in front of me over hamburgers near his university in Tokyo, shares the same ideas about the music industry as the "real" Yoji Kido now sitting opposite me; mainly a desire to strip away labels and to cross genre-boundaries. A cliche maybe,...
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Oct 7, 2011
Double beats as Japan rings with jazz tunes
This weekend, musicians from home and abroad will take the stage at The Yokohama Jazz Promenade, aiming to solidify the Kanagawa port's reputation as the city of jazz in Japan.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Oct 6, 2011
The patron saint of Japanese indie?
Steven Tanaka has a secret. The vibrant live-house scenes of Tokyo's Koenji and Shimokitazawa neighborhoods hold a special place in his heart, and since last year he has been spending vast sums to take some of that energy to Canada — just don't tell his parents.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 23, 2011
Fireworks contest reaches peak
In Nagasaki, the fireworks season is not quite over. This Saturday night, autumn will be kept at bay a little longer with the finale to a series of spectacular displays that constituted a summer-long contest.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 16, 2011
Fun is brewing in Yokohama
More than 9,000 people slurped and swilled at last year's 200-beer extravaganza in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, but this time there's added incentive to sip up. The Japan Craft Beer Association invites you to raise a glass toward those in their industry suffering in the aftermath of the Great East...

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