Blog - Weekly revue: 2015 week #42 (October 10 to 16)
Weekly revue: 2015 week #42 (October 10 to 16)
So here's last week's revue! A bit late. :)
Small trip: Monday October 12 was a holiday, and we went for a day trip to Gunma prefecture (Wikipedia) via shinkansen, and also on a steam locomotive! That was an impressive ride! The "D51 498" train took us from Takasaki to Minakami, taking short breaks at a few stations in between. At the terminal, we got to watch the locomotive being spun around on the turntable in the middle of the beautiful scenery.
Of course, most of my other photos were of mascot Gunma-chan!
Food: - monami's curry, at Magali @ monami, Nishi-Ogikubo
- Katsu don, at Ikufūdō, Minakami
Book: Nomoto Karia's self-produced photo book, titled "KARIA NOMOTO F", finally has been published this month after a long time in the making! I think I remember it being first announced as it might be released in spring 2015, and I had been looking forward to it ever since. Obviously she put a lot of work into making it exactly as she wanted it to be. The 80-page book has lots of photos of her taken by five different photographers, who each took very different approaches giving a very nice diversity to the collection. Also it comes as a hardcover, with a stylish art book quality with perfect printing. I'm proud to have helped a little bit with translation of a poem used in the book. Find out all details here.
Music event: Held at Parco in Shibuya until Sunday Oct. 25 is "Shibukaru Matsuri", an event involving many creative girls of all kinds. On the first day, last Friday, I dropped by the 2.5D venue in Parco to check out a show featuring Takei Mariko (ex-blue marble), Her Ghost Friend, and Oresama. All were great! I especially wanted to see Takei Mariko, whose stage presence I loved in blue marble, and I felt the same watching her solo performance. Her Ghost Friend did a conceptual set with poetry reading between each song, and VJing that uses illustrations made by singer Ono Shinobu. Oresama was a great surprise too, with their funky tunes and live bass and guitar.
"Shibukaru Matsuri" goes on until Sunday October 25. I recommend checking out Maika Leboutet at Parco Museum (Parco Part 1, 3rd floor) on Sunday from 19:00! (Info)
Music release news: Shoko, "Crue-L Cafe II", Nomoto Karia (photo book)
Playlist: Hoshino Michiru, Jintana & Emeralds, Especia, etc.
This week's video: Nomiya Maki new album digest clip! Can't wait to hear this in whole! Out November 11!
Posted on October 21, 2015 at 23:25 | Tweet
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