Blog - Weekly revue: 2017 weeks #29-30 (July 15 to 28)

Weekly revue: 2017 weeks #29-30 (July 15 to 28)

Travel: Last week was a short trip to Taipei (Taiwan) for summer vacation! That was a lot of fun and we had a lot of good food, such as a dinner at restaurant Mume, General Tso's chicken at a restaurant founded by its inventor, and breakfast at Hua Shan Market. Highlights included flying on a Sanrio plane (Eva Airways), going to visit to mountain village Jiufen, and meeting several cats. See more photos at Flickr.

Other food: - Poulet yassa at Los Barbados, Shibuya
- Curry at the newly opened Kyūyamtei in Shimokitazawa
- Fish head curry at Shake Stand, Daitabashi
- Negura & Indo Fujiko collaboration plate at the Yamato-chō Hachiman-jinja Bon-odori

Music events: - On July 21 was a special free event at Trunk Hotel in Shibuya. It was a launch party for the latest issue of art magazine Nero, for which Sean Lennon was in town! The event had BGM selected by Cornelius, featured DJ sets by his son Milo Oyamada and also YYOKKE & YAKK (ex-Harvard), and live sets by Maika Loubté and DYGL! There was also a surprise performance by Sean and French artist SoKo, of a new song they recently made together, after which SoKo DJ'd.

Maika Loubté set list: Le gong / Universal Metro / (New song?) / Candy Haus / Skydiver / You & I

- Kishino You-ichi's annual Bon-odori at Yamato-chō Hachiman-jinja. Many people were dancing and the mood was very pleasant! Curry shops Negura and Indo Fujiko had teamed up for a special curry plate, and there were also record shops and others with stands.