tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24211498467902128412024-03-13T00:09:14.203+00:00Japonicaold Japanese music and thingsJaponicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474323226240658843noreply@blogger.comBlogger563125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421149846790212841.post-63294187894119142922014-04-19T13:18:00.001+01:002014-04-19T13:18:49.356+01:00Japan Blues now monthly on NTS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Japan Blues monthly show from next Friday, 25 April 12-2pm on <span style="color: yellow;"><a href="http://ntslive.co.uk/">NTS</a></span> Radio. </div>
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30s Jazz to 80s boogie & then some, all Made In Japan.</div>
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<br />Japonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474323226240658843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421149846790212841.post-46709248665682702892014-02-25T20:33:00.002+00:002014-03-04T22:04:25.419+00:00Japan Blues returns to Cafe OTO<div style="text-align: center;">
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Japonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474323226240658843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421149846790212841.post-34659436091627492012014-02-17T20:07:00.000+00:002014-02-17T20:07:18.511+00:00Shark Jerky<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Japonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474323226240658843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421149846790212841.post-71498068480222605772013-12-14T10:56:00.001+00:002013-12-14T10:56:58.084+00:00Japan Blues on Knyx Radio<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/122710484&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true"></iframe>Japonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474323226240658843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421149846790212841.post-81574904063859902502013-12-02T21:41:00.000+00:002013-12-02T21:41:12.613+00:00Past glories of UK-Japanese trade: Yaohan<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On the ley line of the Edgware Road, lies Colindale. Not far from Brent Cross, the crossroads that in the early 1970s gave birth to the first purpose-built shopping centre in Britain. In the early 1990s, as the economic bubble sagged in native Japan, one of its pioneering businesses, Yaohan, opened a shopping centre of its own, in Colindale. More reasonably priced than other Japanese outlets in London's West End, it was a small oasis standing proud of the huddle of car showrooms. There were several restaurants, the ubiquitous sushi, but also okonomiyaki and other more down-home fare. There was a micro version of a 100 yen shop, seasonal entertainments, a games room and most usefully, a huge Japanese supermarket.<br /><br />Sadly, the Yaohan empire crumbled under the strain of too much global expansion and accumulated debt. One of Japan's greatest post-war miracles was over. The faceless block was taken over fairly swiftly by Oriental City, possibly a more democratic view of pan-Asian cuisine, commerce and culture, but the quality was never the same. It was closely followed by China City, which also faltered. Now it awaits the predictable fate of being turned into apartments. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/leisure-sites/84887-oriental-city-colindale-london-oct-2013-a.html">More here</a></div>
Japonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474323226240658843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421149846790212841.post-10969473078221082242013-09-25T21:39:00.001+01:002013-09-25T21:41:35.767+01:00Shunga exhibition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Most of Fuji Keiko's songs were laments, songs of loneliness, loss, regret and death, the melancholy underscored by her bluesy, yet athletic, delivery. She endures, peering out from record sleeves, her expression a beguiling mix of coldness, fragility, sadness and defiance.<br />
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Japan Blues 2013. Japonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474323226240658843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421149846790212841.post-60858372245429843182013-07-29T07:15:00.001+01:002013-07-29T07:15:57.122+01:00Last Japan Blues of the season<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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CD available<b> <a href="http://www.honestjons.com/shop.php?pid=42792&CatID=124">here</a>,</b> 10" LP due in two weeks.</div>
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Masaaki Hirao, raw 50s Japanese rock'n'roll.</div>
Japonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474323226240658843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421149846790212841.post-72251542933604919882013-05-23T10:00:00.000+01:002013-05-25T22:09:09.265+01:00Japan Blues at Cafe OTO, June 6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Howard Williams (Ethbo / Honest Jon's / The Trilogy Tapes) plays Japanese records<br />
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Live enka and minyou: <br />
Ichikawa Hibiki - Tsugaru shamisen and Akari Mochizuki - voice.<br />
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</div><iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F72309415&color=ff6600&auto_play=false&show_artwork=false"></iframe>Japonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474323226240658843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421149846790212841.post-29761295074993960772012-12-09T21:04:00.000+00:002012-12-12T12:03:21.229+00:00Japan Blues, New Year's Eve bash at Cafe OTO <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Japan Blues</span></div>
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Shōgatsu / New Year's Eve Countdown<br />
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Howard Williams (Ethbo / Honest Jon's) <br />
plays Japanese records, pentatonic groove, 1930s - 1970s<br />
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Live enka and minyou sets<br />
from <br />
Ichikawa Hibiki - Tsugaru shamisen, and Akari Mochizuki - voice<br />
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Clive Bell - shakuhachi<br />
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Cafe OTO, Monday December 31 <br />
8.00 onwards.<br />
Advance tickets £12.00</div>
Japonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16474323226240658843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2421149846790212841.post-34669271006893529992012-11-06T21:08:00.003+00:002012-11-06T21:08:59.380+00:00Finally.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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