LD's Guide to Japan

It was a beautiful day, so I went down to the beach to play some ukulele.

This is Jessie J’s “Price Tag.”

Saw this little parade of dancers and shamisen players (slowly) making its way through a shopping area in Toyama yesterday before our concert.  I like seeing things that I wouldn’t ever see in my hometown.

The concert, by the way, was AWESOME, and I believe someone recorded it for us, so I may be able to post up some videos sometime soon!

Here’s another great time-lapse video tour of Japan.  I found this one to be incredibly soothing to watch.  (via anatomyofamuse)

It’s been soooo long (almost 2 years, I think) since I made a video of myself playing music, so yesterday I decided to make this one for you.  Here’s me covering Kate Nash’s “Foundations” on the uke.  It’s not often that a fun pop song will hit me emotionally, but this one does for sure, which makes it one of my favorite pop songs of the past few years.  Enjoy!

Earlier this week I went to Tokyo to see my old friends, an indy band called Yucca, who had a show on Wednesday.  I’ve been back to Tokyo a few times since I lived there, but this was the first time that I actually had free time to explore and see places that I’ve been missing.  I had forgotten just how much I absolutely adore that city.  It’s one of the greatest towns on the planet as far as I’m concerned.

Anyhow, while I was wandering the streets during the day on Wednesday, I took some video with my Digital Harinezumi camera, which I’m mostly enjoying using.  It’s a small camera which takes videos that mimic the look of old 8mm films.  Usually I really love the style that it produces, but sometimes it simply looks like crappy digital video.  The shots I got of the band playing are definitely my favorite.

The song is Tokyo, by Headlights.