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concentration
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the regular
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I’m a regular to the neighbourhood vintage store.
And well, so is she.
On the coldest nights she barges in uninvited
and stakes her claim on the warmest seat in the house.
kichijoji spice
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Will Long (celer) x Miko!
These two lovely people took us to the cosiest
curry place in Kichijoji. Not that spicy for my
Singaporean tastebuds but definitely comforting
enough for my tummy to have braved the
cold winds after that.
I can’t explain this but we felt really at home
talking to Will for some reason.
(A case of gaikokujin and gaikokujin?)
We confirmed our daily struggles with the Japanese
language at convenience stores, and gentle Miko who
was equally fluent in English nodded and smiled.
Thank you for the curry and
see you both on Christmas! *
of seafood, chinese medicine
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Haven’t had a dinner this crazy since a long time,
with the two mad geniuses that comprise Opitope -
Chihei Hatakeyama and Date Tomoyoshi.
It’s funny how they were the first musicians
whom we performed with at our live debut in Japan
because it seemed like it was only yesterday.
Hmm. That was a whole five years ago!
We took a train to Shinjuku, and where else
but to Chihei’s favourite haunt which literally
translates to “memory lane” where rows
of tightly-squeezed two-storey buildings
house izakaya and restaurants with staircases
steep and rickety.
Of course we laughed alot, and we also cried
a fair share of tears over a heavy cloud of smoke
caused by an enormous barbequed fish that got burnt to
a fine shade of ebony. And then there were also rare
Sazai clams, other exotic fish, sea urchin sushi
and ochazuke, in short, seafood paradise.
Tomo, who’s an ER doctor by profession and an avid
researcher in Chinese medicine, dishing out
satchets of his magic elixirs and powders.
“This can help you sleep well”, he said.
I’ll keeping this one for the nights when my body feels
dead but the mind is stubbornly alive and flickering.
Thanks, Dr. Super Junkie!
→ Tomoyoshi Date / ILLUHA
→ Chihei Hatakeyama
A LITTLE FABLE at Tower Records, Japan
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So the album has finally been released. I was pleasantly surprised to
find our very own listening station at Tower Records Shibuya in Tokyo!
In addition, the album has been featured and recommended
by several stores in Japan including Tower Records, 雨と休日,
Pastel Records, Linus Records etc. Many thanks to these
store buyers for putting in wonderful words about the album.
