# Shibrava? Exploring the charm of working, playing, and living in Shibuya

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Shibuya Station length of the era Hachiko grandfather. So, there is a tremendous edge
"Shibuya Music Festival" I want the start of something made in the wake of

Singer-songwriter / "Shibuya Music Festival" flag artistChuei Yoshikawa

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1947 Born in Tokyo. 1971, Tobei as a member of the folk group of the legendary "THE NEW FRONTIERS". Performs a concert activities centered on the west coast, it attracted attention as a folk-rock group that incorporates the Japanese instruments. It renamed the "EAST", the album "EAST" released from the United States Capitol Records Corporation. Play a US debut. The album debut as a return home after the singer-songwriter, at the same time studio musician, started working as an arranger-producer. As acoustic guitar guru, participate in a number of recordings and concerts around the Miyuki Nakajima-Yumi Matsutoya Masaharu Fukuyama - Natsukawa Rimi, such as new music-based artists. In recent years, Masaharu Fukuyama "Golden Oldies", Rimi Natsukawa "south wind", has gained a high reputation in the album and produced, such as "Osami Acoustic Party with Chuei Yoshikawa Okamoto".

Chuei Yoshikawa with movie Shibuya Station length of actual Takahiro Tamura's in "Hachiko Story" became the Furukawa stationmaster of models who played the grandfather. I asked to speak to Yoshikawa, who serves as the flag artists in the "third times Shibuya Music Festival" to be soon held in Shibuya that there was also a place of his professional debut.

Shibuya Station length of the era of the grandfather Hachiko. So, there is a tremendous edge

- The encounters of the first place Shibuya?

The early Showa era, is a Tadakazu Yoshikawa my grandfather, I wonder if it was the Ministry of Railways work at the time, I had a Shibuya stationmaster. Just around that time, there is a story that always faithful dog Hachiko in the send-off of Dr. Ueno was the owner is coming, even after Dr. Ueno died of the disease, is the fact that has come to pick it Hachiko daily rests on the newspaper , in order from all over the country of Hachiko, money and things have become a hot topic in much that ... has been full sent. And, Shibuya stationmaster of time that could be a statue of hachikō. Previously, "Hachiko story" as it was also in the movie, stationmaster of Takahiro Tamura-san played, it it was my grandpa. The photos such grandfather and Hachiko was photographed together, to find in the meantime Shibuya Station of the photo exhibition, was very happy. So, Shibuya and is, I mean there is a terribly edge.

- It came actually in Shibuya for the first time, or did time around?

Showa about 30 years, I think it was when I was a child. At that time, I lived in Ogikubo, because my house was very strict home with grandparents, but I did not, such as the chance to eat out in a quite family, father to a New Year, "today in the family, sushi, Let's go eat, "I. At the time, something sushi, I came in when there was no opportunity to go to eat quite, in Shibuya family. But I think that it is 109 around to say now, I remember very impressed with it, along with the sushi of taste (laughs). It is the first of Shibuya of the encounter. After that, up to two-year college, because it was through the Hiyoshi campus, it was always through the Shibuya Toyoko line. Friends at the Toka Toka Shibuya Jiyugaoka when you gather with everyone, had to hang out.

- Young people often point to Shibuya How do you take a look.

Young people, I, I like. Young people to have good guys really relationship involved in the music, but I'm doing very fun, gal? Naa may not keep up a little (laughs). A young person with a music there is a relationship. What young people in their 20s, it is fine like.

- Contact with live house Shibuya?

Once there was Shibuya Jean-Jean. Become a professional, and then re-formed a group called THE NEW FRONTIERS, the first time it appeared Jianjian. Was that of 1970. In addition, in recent years, eggman, O-WEST, O-EAST, it has you out in Quattro. TAKE OFF 7 is kana only I went to see. The color of the live house, because the personality of the store of the master is out, but it might not be a little difference of some areas, the Toka center line railroad Koenji with a fork system, when it comes to Roppongi, a little adult live house to. Toward the city center, it has become a little stylish feel.

Professional declaration in 1970, Shibuya Jean Jean is the first stage. Again there is a edge

- Now, but it is said to the wind that realistic music events is increasing value in reverse.

The other, really right. I also seven or eight years, and have traveled with a guitar, where more and more to their own will come to grow, I feel that got grown. So also and come back with something that has grown, it is told "I was also changed from last year." So, by the audience, what is not it some place here has been brought up. 1 year, when came back around all round, also when I doing the same thing, it would have been disliked, do not you come to the third year (laughs). Live house and music events, it's also a much where he or she work hard. The audience is really, I am already very severe. Me back about hard work if hang in there to reverse.

- How did pro debut?

Encounter of the guitar when the second year of senior high school. To change schools in the admission test, "Come study trying" and have been for you, but I thought, Soshitara been hear the sound of the guitar rather than from nowhere .... So did you or taught American folk songs and guitar and banjo and acquainted with Ryusuke Seto. I'm a college graduate in 69 years, those days, people who Ikeru to eat with a fork song, was not quite. Kana When I was sold, "the rose is blooming" of Mike Maki. At the time, I did not think it is at all life, for the time being, trying to everyone a job, but I was parted saying "Do not try to hobby", and began gathering in less than a month apart (laughs ) .... Is over the company, I began to practice together every night. Soshitara, in the summer of been found a camp of the work of the US military, it had appeared to Toka weekend. Since the members are English was good, or say jokes or moderator in English .... Then, I think I make for the main show treats, not 's opening act. In, we get a pretty good guarantee. At the time, the time starting salary is 28,000 yen, will not get around 70,000 yen because it is $ 200 and do a one-time stage. Hey, eating and kicking might with (laughs). So, moving everyone's tentacles become like a story "or do" ... So, also I had reunited. I was left a life insurance company in December full of that year. Moreover, since I got a bonus (laughs). Ryusuke Seto but had been working for a major record company, quit in March of the following year full, but Gen Morita I seem to have been invited to the United States from the professor have to go to graduate school, I had quit and turned it down. So to professional declaration in 70 years, Shibuya Jianjian is now in the first stage. Again we will have the edge.

- Because recent Yoshikawa's own musical direction is?

Since I as much an acoustic guitar, you can not only music in which the acoustic guitar live. Temporary, doing driving with a little computer, but it may have done so I thought I want to be a little unusual arrangement, still, is it right here to come back. Warm, I want to make the word is transmitted music. So, the lyrics are not 's good music, even if, properly and to take care of the poem, word is transmitted music is the best. It's better organization is small, I come in poetry. I as Akogisuto, I want to do is music Tteyuu heard like a band organized even one person. Toka invisible "invisible sound" is heard, everyone I do not have, like a ... "drum, or not ringing?" Something drum is heard like a, is such "invisible sound", I It is the ideal. Such as hear the musical instrument which is not visible to the eye, it in a one-man band.

State of the live at YAMAHA "Acoustic Mind"

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