What do you get when two Pennsylvanians meet in a Kyoto bar? A lot of music. An awful lot, in fact.
Of the two Pennsylvanians in question, one is Kato David Hopkins, 65, a long-term Japanese resident of Japan who has taken Japanese citizenship. Kato, his wife's family name, is an addition to his own name from when his citizenship was finalized.
Hopkins, a prolific record collector, has been covering the underground music scene in Kansai for nearly 40 years.
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