Saturday, January 9, 2010

Have you had dinner tonight?

An old-fashioned small restaurant, squeezed between other old small shops which sometimes makes me wonder if there's someone cares enough to take a look inside. Only a few meters away from the last stop at Hiroshima Station. What a tough week, anyway, happy weekend everyone.

9 comments:

Kaori said...

I'd probably miss that shop! Hope you have a great three day weekend! :D

henny said...

I went to Japan cultural event organized by IWC, International Women Club today. It was so much fun, I tried to play shakuchi and koto, you know, the music instrument and I think I fall in love with koto :). Don't know yet what to do tomorrow, hope you have a good plan for tomorrow.

VP said...

A very simple dinner, watching a movie at home!

Tall Gary said...

Hey, I'm studying "Haru no Umi". It's a duet for shakuhachi and koto. If we can nail our parts (you the koto) we can play together. (There is a karaoke version of "Haru no Umi" so you can learn to play with shakuhachi. )

Well, that is a bit challenging for you now. Let's start with a simple version of "Sakura Sakura".

henny said...

I get stuck with what movies worth watching nowadays. Any suggestion?

Haru no Umi is wonderful. But Sakura Sakura isn't easier. Deal! If I can see the girl who showed me koto again, I'll promise you a duet :)
You do really practice koto and shakuhachi?

joo said...

I like this place - the lanterns are so inviting! Dinner, well - why not:)

Tall Gary said...

Like, once a year I have a chance to assault the ears and sensibilities of a live koto player so the koto I play with on "Haru no Umi" is recorded but, yes, I practice shakuhachi. In fact, I had a lesson yesterday (I'm a bad student).

Aha. I think I found a teacher for you here. Give them a call and see.

Speaking of red lanterns and music I stumbled on this song by accident.

henny said...

Only koto and shakuhachi, no need to sing, right?

Tall Gary said...

I should hope so. Do you know the Japanese term 音痴? (onchi):

{tone-deafness; amusia; having no ear for music; (adj-na) (2) tone-deaf; off-key; (suf) (3) having no sense (of something); being hopeless (when it comes to something); ]

That’s me.

Oh, I stumbled on a kind of local koto player who lives in So-Cal now but is from Osaka. Nice jazz flavor here. I like ”Falling In & Out.” There is a chance I can see them live but it’s chotto mendokusai. We’ll see. It might not be so bad to visit an old neighborhood, grungy though it may be...

OK, it’s time to practice, Henny