Life in Tokyo : Part One

This story is of musical discovery. As a teenager my desire to learn of the mystery of Japan grew from listening to Japan, the band. For a band to capture the mystery of the far eastern Island, they did it perfectly. I was hooked… This lead me to discover Yellow Magic Orchestra and, naturally, Ryuchi Sakamoto. His soundtrack and my fascination with the film “Merry Xmas Mr Lawrence” was ridiculous. And of course, David Bowie was in it, even better. My first trip in 2001 was a total mind fu

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