A couple of months ago I had to wait for a while at the entrance of Yoyogi park and had the opportunity to take some pictures and videos of the Tokyo Rockabilly Club in action. They have been gathering at the entrance of Yoyogi since the 70’s practically every Sunday and they spend the day dancing and drinking Asahi Beer. Some years ago you could only find men but lately many women are joining the club. Let’s dance!
Komatsu is a kid with a great music talent and a special hability to play video game music, specially the music in Ghosts ‘n Goblins, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Japanese people love the video game series Dragon Quest which is almost unknown outside of Japan, but here is even more popular than Final Fantasy. I really like Dragon Quest melodies and I have recently started playing Dragon Quest IX, which has been recently released in Japan.
Komatsu started putting his videos in YouTube but he became so popular that eventually he was on television playing music from his favorite video games:
More videos of Komatsu in action.
The Otamatone is a new musical instrument/gadget created by MaywaDenki that was presented in the last Tokyo Game Show at the end of September. Basically, it is kind of like a theremin but with buttons and… a mouth!
In this last video one of the employees of the company that has created the Otamatone explains in detail how it works:
Via Nopuedocreer.