2017.09.15

【Report】 BEGIN's annual live performance at Kim Wang Hang Hing Shuang, the Showa Kayo Medley hiking up the venue

"Kim Hachimangu shrine exception festival" held on praying for five grain rich food and disease-free breath began on September 14th at Kim Wang Hankachugu Shrine (Shibuya 3-chome). It was the acoustic band BEGIN (Begin) that will be the 4th appearance this year, which decorated the first day of dedication live.

They are originally from Ishigaki, Okinawa, but in reality Shibuya's deep relationships are surprisingly deep. Since I came to Tokyo, regularly live performances are Shibuya's well-established rock tea ceremony in Maruyama Town "BYG". It is well known among fans as a rock bar supporting long-time googlers from underwater era to present. Also, the office (Amuse) to which they belong is also in Shibuya, and professes that "Shibuya is our home, local]. From the edge like this in the autumn festival, free live is held every year with Kagura Den in the precincts of Kim Hachimangu shrine as the stage.
Approximately 2,000 people gathered in the precincts, the autumn breeze blowing occasionally was pleasant and easy to spend than I thought. The time is past 19 o'clock, BEGIN appears on the stage with a greeting saying "I came back this year as well". Live starts with "Uta no Uta", with 2 songs "Bottle 2 and Chocolate" and a nice original song, raise the tension of the venue quickly.
Vocal · Hiki Riki says "Today is a total dance, declaring that we will dance and make it a dance hall," and entered the non-stop live. Showa Kayo songs such as "Let's walk upward" (Sakamoto Ku), "until we meet again" (Ozaki Norihiko), "Moon is so blue" (Ms. Miko Sugawara), "Ginza Train 999" (Godaigo) I sing in medley. Hearing beyond generations I heard familiar songs, children and adults waving their hands fun and shaking their bodies remarkably.
In the second half, in addition to songs in English, we sang the original song "Orion beer boasted by Ozzy", "The smiling face" and so on. The voice "Encore, Angkor ... ..." boiled all at once, BEGIN reappearing and finally showed off the representative song "Shimanuta Treasure", finished the live which lasted more than an hour.
The charm of BEGIN is not only the world of comfortable melodies and poetry having Okinawa as a roots, but of course I felt that I thought that watching live was in the staging which would make it up to meet the venue, customer base, nori etc on that day. Initially we associate people and people who were disjointed and change the venue to one. They will also synergize their peaceful personality, an unusual place called Shinko Shrine precincts, and open the hearts of many people. One day the cheers are raised and the body is shaken, and a comfortable euphoria spreads throughout the venue. It is enough to forget that this is a big city / Shibuya. It was a lively live charm that "I will definitely come again next year."

Well, the example festival of Kim Wang Hang - shan Palace, which started with live dedication of Beguin, will continue until September 17 (Sunday). On the 16th (Saturday) a dedicated event, children's fairy days, stalls etc. On the 17th (Sunday), the shrine of each town hall walks around the streets of Shibuya, around the 14th the Shibuya district gets passed near the Dogenzaka 109 and the transit of the Mikoshi.