Blog - Weekly revue: 2014 week #3 (January 11 to 17)

Weekly revue: 2014 week #3 (January 11 to 17)

Photos: - We went to event "machi ichi! mura ichi! 2014" at Tokyo International Forum, a fair with lots of food from all parts of Japan. There were many mascots too! More here.

- Happened to see a truck with some horses in Hatagaya, and the next day there was a cowboy trotting up a street in Yoyogi-Uehara! Seemed to be the same horse.

Food: - Sticky toffee pudding, Victoria sponge, ginger & white and more at Sunday Bake Shop, Hatsudai
- Takoyaki and strawberry & yogurt kakigōri (shaved ice) at Minato-ya, Sasazuka
- Galette des rois from Réfectoire by Le Petit Mec, Harajuku. We had coffee there too, and there happened to be instrumental live music by background of the music which was nice.
- Meals at Andhra Dining, Ginza
- Hiroshima-yaki (okonomiyaki) at Sanshou, Ginza
- Lunch at Chinese restaurant Taikoo Shing, Shibuya. This restaurant was featured on TV series "taberu dake" that I watched entirely. :)

Music event: Went to see Au Revoir Simone on January 13 at Shibuya O-Nest! That was awesome! I thought the same last time I saw them 4 years ago (at the same place), their show would please any synth fan.

All the other bands were great too. First on was little moa, group of Moonriders' Okada Toru's daughter. The band has a quiet electronic sound, with glockenspiel and euphonium (see video below). Next was Junjun + Babi, two girls who sang in soft voices, sometimes in French. There were some nice short instrumentals too. Then was singer-songwriter sugar me who played a solo acoustic show with just her guitar. Aside from original songs from the album, she played a great cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", a special song for me that I had the chance to see Jeff Buckley play live. I bought her album "Why White Y?" and got her autograph!

To those who missed this show, Au Revoir Simone be playing the same venue again tomorrow January 19, with Chocolat & Akito and milk.

Movie: Got to see Chinese/Korean movie "A Wedding Invitation" a bit early, thanks to a nice friend who was involved with promotion. Quite a charming and touching film. It will start in theaters here on March 1st.

Music release news: Terunuma Fareeza to Shūkyō, "Tonchi Compi", yashka, Elekibass, hitomitoi