More a note to myself than anything but I have a soft spot for genre crossing music… when done right (they can go awry very easily).
And Tsugaru-jamisen is an awesome traditional Japanese instrument that’s often played up tempo with passion, so it can meld nicely with modern instruments and sounds.
Itanji (異端侍) – I gotta check these guys out soon in Tokyo
Musashi (六三四) – I have one of their albums, and should own more, trad-prog-rock done to perfection
Yoshida Brothers (吉田兄弟) – One of the first big stars in the world of modern Tsugaru-jamisen fusion
Apparently Don Quixote the downmarket 24 hour everything store is collaborating with X-Japan (the number of languages available in Wikipedia is amazing) the visual-kei rock band in a line of products, but I only spotted this curry bread at the cash register so I decided to pick it up to give it a try.
Turns out, the curry bread was just a normal curry bread despite its “Spicy” name, ah well.
Japan, Hockey, Baseball, etc. 