Blog - Weekly revue: 2015 week #22 (May 23 to 29)

Weekly revue: 2015 week #22 (May 23 to 29)

Food: - Wine lamb chop, Burmese-style bonito carpaccio, asari curry, etc. at Tapir, Ōkubo
- Jumbo gyōza at Tenryū, Ginza
- And more great food with good friends :)

Music events: - Went to see Tommy Guerrero and Ray Barbee at Duo Music Exchange in Shibuya. I wasn't very familiar with either, but the show was great! I personally most enjoyed Ray Barbee's funky playing style. The show ended with a special set of the two which was awesome!

- I also went to see Izumi Ookawara (Qypthone) at Cafein, Asagaya. The event titled "Strawberry Night" was to celebrate the release of recent single "Strawberry Jam" out on iTunes worldwide. That was a fun show, and I had the nice surprise of hearing a cover of "Midnight at the Oasis" that I've always liked a lot!

Set list: Boogaloo Chair / Midnight at the Oasis / I saw the light / Strawberry Jam / Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight / Polka Dot on the Paper / On the Palette

Exhibitions: - Dropped by a one-day exhibition by painter friend Manabe Tarō (aka Picaro Taro) at hair salon SOZO in Harajuku. The walls were filled with his beautiful paintings of cats and dogs. They're actually on display until tomorrow June 1st.

- Also went to Muji in Yurakucho to see an exhibition of block print textiles from Rajasthan (India), which includes some from the Bagru village that we visited. The textiles are provided by Iwatate Hiroko (who runs the Iwatate Folk Textile Museum in Jiyūgaoka). In Bagru we met blockprint artisan Mr. Suraj who told of his ties with Iwatate-san, and was a very welcoming and charming person. The exhibition at Muji goes on until June 28. Details here.