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GUITAR

Japan Times
CULTURE
Oct 25, 2020
Japan sees musical instruments flying off shelves amid pandemic
Social distancing and staying at home has led people to take up playing things such as the guitar or the ukulele.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 10, 2019
The Let's Go's: Guitar, bass, drums, vocals and plenty of beer
The Let's Go's are a celebration of pure rock 'n' roll energy.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
May 22, 2019
'Farewell Song': Guitars without rock 'n' roll excess
Of all the many breeds of musician out there, few are as stubbornly uncinematic as acoustic singer-songwriters. Forget flamboyance, creative excess, clashing egos and all the other qualities that tend to attract filmmakers to the music industry in the first place. The average singer-songwriter gig is closer to a poetry reading than a rock show and is equally hard to dramatize.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Dec 1, 2018
Seiichi Yamamoto's 'Ginga': Musings from an underground music legend
Seiichi Yamamoto's 'Ginga,' originally released in Japanese in 2009 and translated into English by Kato David Hopkins this year, compiles highlights from Yamamoto's column for Guitar Magazine.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 25, 2018
Japanese woman takes top prize as plucky air guitarists chase stringless glory at world championships in Finland
Air guitar enthusiasts gathered in the Finnish city of Oulu on Friday to shred and strum their imaginary instruments in pursuit of the world championship of the bizarre dance form.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 17, 2015
Miyavi explores his 'Others' side on new album
Playing a sadistic real-life villain in the Angelina Jolie film "Unbroken" clearly took its toll on Takamasa Ishihara, who admits he wept and threw up as he prepared for his final scene. Now back in a more familiar role as the enigmatic musician Miyavi, the man known as the "Samurai Guitarist" is flying high once again. The 33-year-old was in a buoyant mood as he sat down with The Japan Times to discuss his experiences on set, his reaction to the film's critics and his new album, "The Others," which came out this week.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Aug 30, 2014
Tokyo teen riffs to victory in Air Guitar World Championships
Tokyo native Nanami Nagura was crowned the new world air guitar champion Saturday at a tourney in Finland, the Air Guitar Japan Association said.
Japan Times
Events / Events In Tokyo
May 22, 2014
Music to the guitar fan's ears
For those who gave up trying to be Jimi Hendrix long ago — this might encourage you to get that unused guitar back out of the closet.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2014
Guitar maker to stars dies at 81
Guitar builder Kazuo Yairi, whose instruments were favored by musicians ranging from Paul McCartney to Carlos Santana, has died at a hospital in Gifu Prefecture at 81.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Feb 25, 2014
Quattro's Yuichi Ushioda hits the sea for a solo album
"The philosopher Shunsuke Tsurumi said in an interview that, when you see something like a rainbow and feel moved by it, that moment is eternity," singer-songwriter Yuichi Ushioda tells me at the 3rd Stone Cafe in Tokyo's Shimokitazawa area. "I want to be able to notice moments like that. These moments of fragmented eternity in between day-to-day life."
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 19, 2013
Street concerts aim to connect community
This weekend, the residents of Nagaokakyo, Kyoto, will get the chance to hear music from every nook and cranny of the city.

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