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redheadinjapan · 16 days

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4 Niigata Hanami Spots To See Cherry Blossoms

There’s nothing more synonymous with spring in Japan than sakura, and the cherry blossoms you can see at Niigata hanami are no exception. Niigata is a long prefecture, so the cherry blossoms in different areas can bloom at very different times, starting from the south in Joetsu and working up to Niigata City. Unfortunately, it can be hard to determine exactly when the cherry blossoms in different areas will bloom, which is why this post was postponed since they’re blooming later than originally expected this year. However, when they do start to bloom, it’s a wondrous sight to see.

Takada Castle Site Park

Takada Castle Site Park in Joetsu is by far one of the most popular Niigata hanami spots. The park is lined with cherry blossom trees that are some of the first to bloom since it’s in one of the furthest south cities in Niigata Prefecture. In addition to beautiful views of the castle and its fountain through the cherry blossoms, there is also an abundance of food stands throughout the park. They sell all of the typical staples–karaage, yakisoba, takoyaki, candied fruits–as well as many other interesting treats. And if you can stick around until nighttime, they light up the whole park with lanterns. Even the castle is lit up and, in photos, almost looks like it’s glowing green from the light shining off the grass. This year, only some of the cherry blossoms had bloomed by the weekend we visited, but it was still very pretty.

Hakusan Park

If you live closer to the north of Niigata Prefecture and it’s too hard to get down to Joetsu, you can also visit Hakusan Park in Niigata City. Next to Hakusan Shrine, Hakusan Park has an entire grove of cherry blossom trees that bloom in the spring. You can set up a blanket under the many flowering trees, look out over the reflective pool, and eat food from nearby stands that are set up for most of the spring season. It’s not as big as Takada Castle Site Park, but there’s still a fair bit of space and a lot of food options. There were even some performances during the weekend when the cherry blossoms were in full bloom.

Yasuragitei (Shinano Riverside)

Another option for Niigata hanami in the city is Yasuragitei. Yasuragitei runs along the Shinano riverbank and is lined with cherry blossoms and flowers in the spring. Local students plant tulips along the riverbanks in the fall, and the colorful buds bloom in the spring with the cherry blossoms. It’s a beautiful place for a walk, or you can bring a blanket and find a spot to sit. However, you will have to bring your own food because there aren't any food stands by Yasuragitei, though you can go back again in the summer when the riverside restaurants open up.

Yahiko Park

If you’re looking for a place closer to Niigata City that still has lots of space, beautiful nature, and a wide variety of food stands, you can also check out Yahiko Park. Generally, Yahiko Park is geared toward fall foliage, so there aren’t too many cherry blossoms around its iconic red bridge. However, most paths are lined with cherry blossom trees, including the main opening to the park just before the Yahiko Park tunnel. Plus, on top of the permanent restaurants, many food trucks and stands set up in the parking lots and along the streets. While there aren’t many cherry blossoms at the top of Yahiko Mountain, you can still see the beautiful view of the town while you’re there and stop by Yahiko Shrine on the way up.

There are many other beautiful Niigata hanami spots, especially in the rural areas of Niigata, but these are four popular places to go and the ones I’ve had the chance to visit. Of course, anywhere with a few cherry blossom trees and a place to sit can be a great hanami spot. It’s all about the people you're with and the appreciation for the short-lived pink blossoms. So, whatever site you choose for your Niigata hanami will be perfect!

#cherry blossom #sakura #hanami #takada castle site park #hakusan park #yasuragitei #yahiko park #japan #niigata #ourniigata #edgeofniigata #enjoyniigata

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maigeiko · 9 months

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Is there any Geigi in city Myoko of Niigata? ❤️

Hello there, as far as I know, only Niigata city and Shibata (Tsukioka Onsen) have Geigi. There are more places where Geigi have existed in the past (Yuzawa, Nagaoka, Takada/Joetsu), but it's been multiple decades since Geigi have been seen there.

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worksbysakaimiyamoto · 6 months

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Profile of Sakai Miyamoto

Born on January 28, 1939 in Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture (real name: Motoaki). She studied calligraphy under Yoshizaki Hakuho and Kobayashi Asakai (junior high school and high school), and moved to Tokyo in 1957. In 1957, he moved to Tokyo to study under Kobayashi's teacher, Uchiyama Ukai, and commuted to his teacher's residence for one year. He studied under the name of Shakai. Received the pseudonym "Shakai". He also learned sumi-ga (Chinese ink painting). He graduated from the Department of Chinese Literature at Daito Bunka University and worked at the National Diet Library (Akasaka Rikyu, Miyakezaka). At the age of 28, he became a member of the calligraphy club of the National Diet Library (Akasaka Rikyu and Miyake-zaka). At the age of 28, he married Etsuko Kohinata, a native of the same prefecture. At the age of 30, he became independent and opened his own studio. He has taught at the Ajinomoto Head Office, Daiwa House Nihonbashi and Shinjuku branches, the National Diet Library, Toyo Eiwa, Ochanomizu Women's University Sakurain Kaikan, and other places. Tokyu Family Club, Tokyu Nihonbashi Store, Waseda Ikuei Gakuen, etc. Waseda Ikuei Gakuen, etc. (currently only the following), Joetsu, Ito, Tokyo Atelier, NHK Gakuen In 1976, at the age of 37, he had his first solo exhibition (he was encouraged by his teacher to teach sumi-graphy as well). In 1983, his teacher Uchiyama Amekai died. After that year, he continuously exhibited his works at the Sumi-no-geijutsu (ink art) Exhibition held by Sojinsha, and also served as the director general and chairman of the board of directors. He also served as the secretary-general and chairman of the board of directors. Venues: Bisho Shobo Gallery (Shimbashi), Isetan Gallery in Shinjuku, Tokyu Nihonbashi Gallery, Tokyu Nihonbashi Grand Hall, Toyo Gallery (Shinjuku), and after his death, Tokyo Central Tokyo Central Museum of Art 5F (Ginza for 12 consecutive years) In 1989, he formed Sumi-Cho-Sha (8 exhibitions and catalogues). In 1989, he formed Bokusho-sha (8 exhibitions and a catalogue) and was included in the video "Suiboku-ga Nihon no 10-nin" (narrated by Toru Emori). He has been an instructor of ink painting at NHK Academy (Otemachi Open School). He is a permanent member of the board of directors of the International Calligraphy and Painting Federation. He has participated in the Izu Highland Art Festival (Izu Ichinokura Gallery) for several years with his Suiboku-ga (ink paintings). Participated in the Izu Highland Art Festival (during May 2006) for several years. He has been a member of the ink painting jury at the Myoko City Citizen's Art Exhibition. He has participated in 20 solo exhibitions and group exhibitions. His calligraphy and ink paintings are in the collection of Shinshu Shinmachi Museum of Art. *** Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) ***

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・1939年(昭和14)1月28日、新潟県上越市に生まれる(本名＝元明)。・吉崎白峰先生、小林朝海先生(中学・高校)に書を学び、1957年(昭和32)、上京し、小林先生の師・内山雨海先生に入門し、1年間師邸より通学す。沙海の雅号を受ける。以後、墨画も習う。・大東文化大学中国文学科を卒業、国立国会図書館(赤坂離宮、三宅坂)に勤務し、依頼により書道部を作る(25歳より40年間指導)。・28歳で同県人・小日向悦子と結婚。・30歳で独立し、教室を持つ。味の素本社、ダイワハウス日本橋店・新宿店、国会図書館、東洋英和、御茶ノ水女子大学桜蔭会館、東急ファミリークラブ、東急日本橋店、早稲田育英学園ほか(現在は以下のみ)、上越、伊東、東京アトリエ、NHK学園・1976年(昭和51)、37歳で初個展(墨画の指導もするよう師に勧められる)。・1983年(昭和58)、師・内山雨海没。この年以降も濹人社の墨の藝術展に連続出品、事務局長・理事長を務める。会場：美松書房画廊(新橋)、新宿伊勢丹画廊、東急日本橋店画廊、同グランドホール、東陽画廊(新宿)、師没後は東京セントラル美術館5F(銀座　12年間連続) ・1989年(平成元年)、墨調社を結成(社中展8回、図録あり)。・ビデオ「水墨画日本乃十人」に収録される(ナレーション＝江守徹)。・NHK学園水墨画講師(大手町オープンスクール)。・国際書画連盟常任理事(毎年、中国・ヨーロッパ海外移動展に作品参加)。・伊豆高原アートフェスティバル(会場＝伊豆一ノ蔵ギャラリー)に水墨画で数年前より参加(2006年五月中)。・妙高市市民美術展水墨画審査員。個展二十回ほか、グループ展。・信州新町美術館に書、墨画作品収蔵。

#sumi art #水墨画家 #水墨画 #suibokuga #syodou #india ink painting #calligraphy japanese

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nlgrhm · 10 months

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#japan #youtube #niigata #japan destinations #japan travel #walk in japan #drugstore

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blog-retrogradewear · 11 months

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Animal Crossing Event Will Appear at the Joetsu City Aquarium https://t.co/cd8e3WUngw

— Retrograde Wear Gaming (@RetroGradeWear) Jun 7, 2023

from Twitter https://twitter.com/RetroGradeWear

#SEO #PPC #PPC Marketing

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nakatateyama · 1 year

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『Day2583-6-139』 A day trip to Joetsu City. 授業参観の振替休日。家族で上越市へ。水族館行って、前歯がグラグラで硬い物が噛めない人のリクエストでフワフワのパンケーキ食べて…。公園行きたいと言われて向かっている途中で寝落ちされて笑。色々やって、今日イチの笑顔はシーソー乗った時だった笑。全身で身の周りの全てを吸収していく6歳児の命の輝きにくらくらとした1日。 #rurallife #slowlife #notslowlife #countrylife #snowcountry #田舎暮らし #スローライフ #ノットスローライフ #6歳 #sixyearsold #あおの棚田米 #移住 #コーヒーとタープ #自家焙煎 #microroastery #microroaster #古民家リノベーション #古民家暮らし https://www.instagram.com/p/Craq1bQPl_n/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#rurallife #slowlife #notslowlife #countrylife #snowcountry #田舎暮らし #スローライフ #ノットスローライフ #6歳 #sixyearsold #あおの棚田米 #移住 #コーヒーとタープ #自家焙煎 #microroastery #microroaster #古民家リノベーション #古民家暮らし

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pchan700 · 2 years

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Niigata Prefecture on the Sea of Japan side is famous for its rice production. It is no exaggeration to say that there are 'famous waters' in various places in the prefecture, and they are pouring essential nutrition into agricultural products including rice.The typhoon has passed and the cool weather has arrived in autumn.The fourth installment will introduce "Itayama Fudo Falls" located in Oshima Ward, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture. Please visit once with autumn leaves!

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pangeen · 4 years

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新潟県・上越市高田公園

Takada Park, Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture

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#高田公園 #joetsu city #niigata prefecture

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okamachi-tuushin · 6 years

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荒川-その3-

Arakawa River

June 18 2017

#荒川 #Arakawa River #戸田橋 #Toda Bridge #国道17号 #Route 17 #東北・上越新幹線 #Tohoku-Joetsu Shinkansen #東北本線 #Tohoku Main Line #板橋区 #Itabashi City #東京都 #Tokyo Met.

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takeuchiitsuka · 2 years

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#film #filmphotography #photography #magazine35mm #streetphotography #35mm #sea #seaside

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kyotakumrau · 4 years

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2020.09.19 ROCK AND READ 091 - interview with utA - translation PART 1/2

'I'll be damned, what was that?!'

Interview: Yukinobu Hasegawa

Photos: Yosuke Komatsu (ODD JOB LTD.)

Translation: kyotaku You can buy the magazine on amazon, tower records etc ฅ( ̳• ·̫ • ̳ฅ)♡

After Kyo, Takumi and YUCHI from sukekiyo, it’s time for the interview with utA.

He’s experienced white collar work in his hometown Niigata, but couldn’t give up his dream of being in a band, so he moved to Tokyo, his band 9GOATS BLACK OUT attracted attention because of their fantastical music yet then disbanded, but because Kyo had listened to their music utA has started a new episode of his music life.

We ask him about the very start of his interest in music and his life until now.

And then... With many interesting stories like the one about the eerie episode when he came to Tokyo, we can show you utA’s odd music history.

utA / sukekiyo: profile & information

birthday March 26th. joined Kyo’s project sukekiyo as a guitarist in 2013. other members are Kyo (vocal), Takumi (guitar, piano), YUCHI (bass) and Mika (drums). their last release is the video compilation ‘LIQUEFACIO’ with the live footage from their show in Nakano Sunplaza in June 2019.

-- First, I’d like to ask you about the time you got into rock and playing the guitar. Were there any significant bands or guitarists for you when you were young?

utA: I think it was around elementary grade 5 or 6, it was X (-Japan). I was born in Joetsu city in Niigata, there was a CD shop stocked with v-kei and rock stuff there. It was a rural town, but at that time, there was a shop that was selling nothing but rock stuff.

-- It seems to be a quite early to start frequenting CD shops as a elementary school student.

utA: Yeah, I think it was early. I had a friend who was playing the piano, I heard him playing songs like “Silent jealousy” from X, I think that was how I got to know X and their heartrending phrases I love. After that I wanted to hear more from them so I listened to their first indies album “Vanishing Vision”. And then their first major release “BLUE BLOOD”.

-- You weren’t playing the guitar yet when you got to know X as an elementary school student?

utA: It was accidental, but my brother was playing the guitar. I think he liked ZIGGY, JACKSONS’N’JOKER, COLOR, BUCK-TICK etc when I was five. So I have seen my brother playing the guitar at home, but he didn’t influence me at all (laughing). I remember he liked to sing by himself while playing, I have this impression that he was a good singer, but didn’t play the guitar that well (laughing). But we were far apart in age, we weren't that attached, I felt if I just grabbed the guitar I could play. So I borrowed it and fumbled trying to play the songs as I listened to them.

-- But playing the guitar was then just something fun to do?

utA: It was definitely something fun, but I remember entering a music studio around junior high. I briefly started a band with friends. I guess there was no proper shape to it, but I wanted to play some songs, gathered friends and we played “Silent Jealousy”. I played the guitar, I tried really hard with the main phrases and so on. But I really couldn’t play well (laughing). My brother taught me things like A chord or E chord, in basic power chords, things like guitar solos came out very shaky. I recorded that. With a very simple cassette recorder with two buttons, play and record. I have no idea what happened with those cassette tapes, but I’d really kill to listen to them now (laughing).

-- To start a band and use a music studio in the junior high, that's quite remarkable. You were driven this much?

utA: Yeah, by X. I was also attracted by their looks and make up. It's not like all my friends were into the exactly same stuff but there were people who liked music. And there was one music instrument shop, I also went there often. The recording on the cassette tape happened at the end of junior high or start of high school. After X came LUNA SEA. It's a bit hard to explain, but in a way LUNA SEA matched my preferences better. Isn't LUNA SEA a metal band? With INORAN's clean guitar and SUGIZO's distorted guitar, this kind of separation was also novel. I got a shock running through me like 'I'll be damned, what was that?' There is such an awesome clean guitar like that? I though cleanly played super impressive phrases were amazing.

-- Your guitarist opinion was born at that time.

utA: That's right. It was a great impact, from creating sound, through phrases all the way to arrangement. I needed to know how do they get such beautiful sound. Until then I kept thinking that guitar sound should be distorted. I also learnt from music magazines etc that with a delay and chorus you will get a nice effect. And I remember listening to late night radio show "Break Out" or it was in some magazine that SUGIZO advised 'you can get our sound if you use an effector like this'. That's why the first effector I bought was the delay and chorus. My brother had the ones to create distortion, so I only had to add the delay and chorus. I also used my brother's Fender Made in Japan Strato(caster), so it was perfect for clean sounds.

-- So when you became a high school student did you get even more friends interested in music?

utA: I did. I would start talking about music right after coming back home. My home was our hanging out place, people were often surprised by the amount of CDs in my house (laughing). Listening to songs, we watched live DVDs and we all talked about the cool phrases we heard. And then I decided to buy a guitar model used by the artist I liked. So then it was exciting to talk about saving up for one (laughing).

-- You were already using a Stratocaster, but had another guitar you wanted?

utA: Now I know well that Fender’s Strato is a really good guitar, but at that time the look of the guitar was very important, it felt like strato was too simple. And that’s why I bought a guitar used by the artist I haven’t mentioned yet, so it might feel like coming out of nowhere, but it was the model used by Shin from Kuroyume. It was a Les Paul Model that came from GrassRoots, with two single coils. One of my friends was a big fan of Kuroyume so I often listened to their music and really got into Shin’s playing style. Les Paul models have nice shape and they can produce both clean and distorted/dirty sounds, so I decided to get Shin’s model. I was torn if I should get INORAN’s model instead, but it gave an impression of clean sound and because I also wanted to produce distorted sound I went with Shin’s. As a stupid kid your whole evaluation criteria is based on the sound created by the musician, right? Ah, but I just remembered that time I chose single coil. Even though for rock you’re much better off with guitars equipped with Humbucker.

-- You’re using the Fender’s Strato with sukekiyo.

utA: I am. I’m also using a Dragonfly, I’m swapping between them with a tap switch. If I had to say which is better, I like the sound of the single coil. I definitely got influenced by the clean sound created by INORAN. Even now I care a lot when creating clean sounds.

-- When JHS students get into bands and guitars, isn’t it easy for them to get easily misguided? They start to neglect their studies, join some band as a bassist, choose their high school based on the chances of starting a band there and so on.

utA: By some band you mean sukekiyo (laughing)? I don’t have an interesting story here, I really did my best studying as much as I could. My parents were so amazingly kind/supportive so I wanted to make them happy. I still feel like this. I didn’t want to give them any shock (laughing). At that time I remember I often felt they would be happy if I got good test scores. And I simply hate losing. I’m not someone for whom studying comes naturally, so I remember studying extra hard before the tests. In the past we also got ranked (depending on the test scores) so it was another motivation not to lose. But well, I ended up losing (laughing).

-- So you properly continued to high school?

(kyotaku: in Japan compulsory education ends with junior high school at the age of 16; high school is mostly for the sake of going to university.)

utA: If possible I wanted to go to the a good high school, but my teacher told me ‘it might be a close call so it’s better to go there’ (laughing). I went to the school they recommended. It wasn’t a normal high school, it was a technical school.

-- You get specific qualifications. So the course of your future was decided then?

utA: I loved music and guitar, but I didn’t see it as my dream future then. That’s why I was planning on going to university. If not I would be starting work, so I wanted to go to university. At the technical school you learn things like civil engineering or construction. So I applied for the referral to the university that had classes like that, but I was rejected. And I came to hate studying for entrance exams so I gave up on university (laughing).

-- Didn’t Takumi go to the university to study designing?

utA: He did. In this we are a bit similar. Our personalities are totally different, but we definitely share some things like our roots and some points. Takumi managed to go to university though, as I failed to get referred I had to look for another way (laughing).

-- And finally we are talking about starting a band?

utA: No, I started to work full time. At a surveying office in Niigata. I worked there for about 2 years. I hated studying for the entrance exams, but I got the national qualification for surveying. I remember I was thinking that if I have to do it then I have to get it and I was studying like crazy (laughing).

-- When you start working full time I think you shift to a totally different mode from being a student.

utA: Yeah, it was like that. But even as I was doing my best at work, after coming back home from work I was just listening to music all the time. And I spent all the money I earned going to music stores and buying up all the CDs. I had meant to enter a different mode but in the end it wasn’t possible. Most of the bands and musicians who were releasing music at the time were the same age as me, or just a bit older.

-- Did you start to feel a bit envious, feeling more that you could do that as well?

utA: Yeah. I started to write my original songs a bit from the end of HS. I was thinking that if I could make music that was my own style I could make it in music. That feeling has not changed until now.

-- If you were to describe your first original song, what was it like?

utA: Simply saying, it was very influenced by LUNA SEA (laughing). It wasn't a metal song, but it had clean and distorted sounds layered. I created 2~3 songs before I turned 20.

-- Did you do anything wanting to release those songs?

utA: So. I'd made a firm decision to quit my job at surveying office. When quitting I said honestly 'I want to pursue music, so please let me go' (laughing). And then my boss and coworkers cheerfully told me 'then do it!' I even had a farewell party with 'let us know when you release something' (laughing).

-- But for parents, there's no way they reacted like that. Like, 'my son who tried so hard, started working and even got a licence, now wants to quit to do music', there's no way a parent would be happy about that (laughing).

utA: You're right. My parents had a lot to say. It was probably the biggest nagging of my life, seriously. It was worse than puberty (laughing).

-- But you didn't change your mind?

utA: No, the need to pursue music was stronger than that. I quit my company when I was around 20, started to look for band members when I was around 21, when I actually managed to start a band I was around 22~23.

-- Did you try contacting your band mates from elementary and jhs times to network?

utA: I stayed in touch with my classmates, but they totally quit music. There was no way for a deep talk there. That's why I had to do it by myself, in a way starting from zero. First I started to look for band members through the music instrument shops. I've made posters about looking, wrote my contact information, the type of posters where you tear off the bottom bit. The shop staff let me post them in their shops.

-- A simple method. If I remember right, people used to post some self-introduction and a description what kind of band they'd like to do.

utA: I will again add another band name, but I listed X, LUNA SEA and La'cryma Christi. I was also hit hard by La'cryma Christi's worldview. Even as I heard about them quite late, I think after I graduated high school. X, LUNA SEA and La'cryma Christi had the biggest impact on me. My 3 pillars. I absolutely adore La'cryma Christi's "Henseifu". The moment you hear the song doesn't it feel like various scenes just come up?

-- Those scenes are stateless.

utA: Exactly, they are stateless, and full of sadness. When I first heard the 7/8 time signature, I was surprised like 'I'll be damned, what was that?' I was totally owned by that worldview. At that time, La'cryma Christi was my number one. For a while now I've been friends with HIRO, was able to play together with them once and even had a photo shoot together.

-- But currently TAKA is working in a jewellery industry, no? By the way, when you posted your 'looking for band members' ad, how many replies did you get?

utA: There were few, but one came from someone with whom we formed a band at the time. In 2013 my own band had disbanded, but I was most surprised when contacted by the guy who then spent all this time with this band. He asked 'please let me join', but I also asked him formally to join. I'm talking about the bassist, hati.

-- This band we're talking about is the visual kei of Niigata that has changed several times?

utA: Yeah. First it was Laypua, after that Layarch, then Rayarch. It was changing keeping the 'Lay/Ray' connection. The live performance activities were focused on Niigata city.

-- From looking for the band members to the formation of the band it took about one year, during that time were you writing original music ?

utA: I don't think we had more than 10 songs, but we had enough for one album. The band that done those songs took about one year to finally start activities. At the time, there was a music club (live house) near Niigata station called Z-1. I think now it's called CLUB RIVERST., my first live performing experience was at that club.

-- So it was the first show as a band that is the first step in following your dream. What was the response like?

utA: I think it was really terrible (laughing). At the time it was when we just decided our form/style, so we just went with 'let's hope this is cool enough' (laughing). I was looking for guitar phrases that would be very me, but I couldn't play them at all. We were trying really hard only with things to show, we also had heavy make up. For the so called artist photos, our vocalist was very skilled with creating great photos, so there was a lot of 'let's do make up more like this' etc, so at the meetings of band members the topic of the vusuals came overwhelmingly more often than music (laughing).

-- Your songs were similar style to La'cryma Christi?

utA: Nope, I loved La'cryma Christi, but our music was more like 'The Visual Kei' style. For our worldview, it felt like there's still more to come. It was quite heavy rock, could be said it was Tsutatsuta-kei (laughing). I was playing in this band in Niigata until I went to Tokyo, for about 4, 5 years.

(*Tsutatsuta-kei was a v-kei subgenre that developed in the early 2000s, as you can imagine from utA's comment it's heavy and fast; and like Nu Metal that influenced the subgenre there's a lot of shouting, and unconventional structures and variety of different styles)

-- If you continued for that long it means you had to have some fans?

utA: In Niigata we did, yeah. I felt 'I can do it' as it wasn't a band with no fans, so from the band's later time I started thinking about going to Tokyo. In Niigata what we could do was limited. So I told the band 'let's go to Tokyo, but most of members wanted to stay in Niigata. Each of them had their own life there.

-- Did other band members have proper jobs?

utA: Nah, everyone was working part-time. All of us prioritized the band. That's why I suggested we should go to Tokyo, but only me and hati, the bassist, were interested. And we left our home Niigata with guitar and bass for Tokyo having only about 40~50k yen between the two of us.

(*400~500 US dollars, 300~400 euro)

PART 2 HERE

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