Theatre

Kinshu Tokubetsu Stage “Shin”

I went to see the Kabuki stage called “Shin” performed by Kantaro/Shichinosuke Nakamura! This time a taiko performer, Tetsuei Hayashi, and a shamisen performer, Chikudo Takahashi were on the stage as well. Hayashi is the person who participated to start “Kodo”, which I went to see their performance on the other day, so their drumming today was also amazing and energetic. Takahashi was so good at playing speedy tunes. And of course, Nakamura brothers was fantastic! In their first performance, “Ninin-Wankyu”, I was so surprised that Shichinosuke, who played “Matsuyama-dayu” looked so beautiful. “Matsuyama-dayu” is a phantom in the story, […]

Art&Exhibitions, Life in London

onedotzero09 j-star

I went to see onedotzero this year too. I didn’t see any installation, so it’s only about j-star09. They showed these movies. 1. Satoshi Tomioka : “Usavich” 2. Kitune Akimoto : “Meat or Die” 3. Hidenobu Tanabe : “Phantom Planet” (Beat Crusaders) 4. Takeshi Nakamura : “Mind Wall” 5. Shintaro Kago : “Terror on the golf course” 6. Mirai Mizue : “Devour Dinner” 7. Makoto Yabuki : “As One” 8. Mood Magic : “Hinotori“ 9. Takafumi Tsuchiya : “With Rain” 10. Takahiro Kimura : “Born to Bone” 11. Takafumi Tsuchiya : “Apoptosis” 12. Wow : “Another perspective” 13. Groovisions: “Ensuring […]

Life in London, Music

coldplay, coldplay, coldplay…

I went to see coldplay! It was amazing. It’s still playing repeatedly in my head. Actually I was so excited already just because the place was Wembley. When I got to the station, I wished it was a football match… but no, that thought was wrong, coldplay was wonderful. I have seen coldplay twice in Japan… but this time was the best! Of course they are in their own country, their home city, and maybe because it was the last day of the tour, they looked really full of life. The live consists of both tracks from “Viva la Vida” […]

Art&Exhibitions, Diary, Digital products & Design, Life in London

Desgree Show, finishing the course, etc.

The course finished last week. One year was so quick! For the last project, we made an iPhone application called “Alight”. Alight is an application to allow users to associate their small ideas in daily life with particular location, so that they will have more chanced to develop them further. I was in charge of interface design. I know iPhone is not small as mobile phone, but still designing menu for small screen was good learning for me. We used 50inch plasma TV for the degree show, so I had to edit some footages (which I hadn’t done for a […]

Foods, Travel

Switzerland Day3

OK, I know I’m writing about long time ago… But I never give up! This is for my own record! So this is Switzerland Day3. We went to a city called Montreux which has really beautiful scenery, next to the lake. The lake was soooo large that it looked almost like the sea. After having a lunch, we moved Lusanne. This city looked more similar to England, it looked like shopping area. Although we walked to the Cathedral, it was over 30 degrees and so hot!!! No more walk. After that, we went to Gruyères. It is the birth place […]

Life in London, Theatre

Priscilla

I went to see the musical “Priscilla”. I didn’t know anything about the story, but it was amazing! The costume was so gorgeous, all the scenes was so energetic and powerful! I wish I could understand their jokes more… but still, their dancing was wonderful and I enjoyed it so much. Actually my friend’s friend is playing in this musical. Her name is Kanako Nakano. The scene she speaks was not too long, but her character was so unique and performance was great! It cheered me up as well, looking at a Japanese woman trying so hard in west end. […]