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Oh my gosh, Rabind Charles! What a dude!

It was actually Rabind’s wife, Suyen with whom I first connected. She reached out to me via the Tokyo Record Style Website regarding my “Tokyo Record Shuttle” service, essentially a tour guide package I offer for record maniacs like myself. With 20+ years of living (and record collecting, and now doing this) in Japan, I know many of the shop owners, some of the Jazz Kissa proprietors, and just Tokyo on the whole. With a small but comfortable city car, I can tote folks around to the shops with cultural stops along the way, then maybe a nightcap at a cool listening bar. Suyen was planning a family trip from Singapore to Tokyo and she thought this would be a perfect surprise gift to set up for Rabind. So that’s how it started, and Rabind was in the dark about all this up until the very last minute. When I picked him up at the hotel, he didn’t totally know what was in store for him, but we went from there. As a hardcore music lover and record collector, he was definitely up for the shop-hopping fun I had planned for him with Suyen.

So… we went all around Tokyo and to too many shops to remember, HMVs, Disk Unions, a handful of indie shops, clusters of stores in hip Tokyo neighborhoods, a nice lunch at, of all places, Denny’s (!!), a trip down memory lane for him as a place he used to go as a medical student. Oh yeah, I didn’t mention that, Rabind and I think Suyen too, are both physicians, and if I remember correctly, Rabind is a surgeon, and he saves lives in emergency rooms. As a motorcycle rider myself, I asked him if he saw many motorcycle accidents in the ER. “Everyday,” he replied. OUCH!

Well, Rabind and I got on like a barn on fire and shared lots of stories about music, about family life and more, and actually had some real heart to heart moments in flowing conversations we had. So fun was our day in Tokyo that Suyen arranged for me to join Rabind for a 2ND(!!!) day of digging down in Osaka! So I hopped on a train and we did it all over again the next day!

Two absolutely terrific days, and we managed to see tons of sites, visit heaps of shops, and both score a mountain of records, AND we managed to score Rabind a copy of the highly sought after LIVE Billy Joel RSD release which he was really chuffed about.

Great to meet you Rabind! Thanks so much Suyen! Hope to connect again some day! Many blessings and love from Tokyo!

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June 29, 1966 - The Beatles reached Tokyo at dawn today following travel delays from an ocean typhoon and were escorted under tight guard to the Tokyo Hilton Hotel to await their concert dates at the Nippon Budokan.

During the afternoon, the band attended a press meeting where regulations restricted questioning to three credentialed reporters whose inquiries were read and translated.

Asked about their understanding of Japan, Paul McCartney said, “We don’t know much about Japan except what we’ve read or seen on film.”
John Lennon added, “And we don’t believe all that.”

Questioned about the elaborate security surrounding their visit, Starr replied simply, “Very safe.”

McCartney explained, “The thing is — if the security is strict, it is probably best for us and the people as well. Sometimes it’s too strict, but the best situation is when it’s just strict enough so that nobody gets hurt.”

Regarding changes in their music, George Harrison said, “Well, we’ve always done both types of music — beat and ballad. And we haven’t actually changed it right over from one to the other. We still do both types.”

Regarding their hairstyles, Ringo said: “I doubt if we’ll be changing ’em for a while, anyway. I think the next change will be when we go bald.”

Lennon was asked if they were happy. “Yes,” he replied simply. When asked what he sought next, he said, “Peace.”

McCartney and Lennon repeated together, “Peace,” then McCartney added: “Ban the bomb.”

Representing the Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Japan, Ken Gary asked about objections to their appearance at the Budokan.
McCartney answered, “All we’re doing is coming here and singing because we’ve been asked to.”
Lennon added, “Better to watch singing than wrestling, anyway.”

McCartney continued, “We’re not trying to violate anything.”

On criticism from older Britons over their MBE, Harrison remarked, “We tolerate the old people, whereas they don’t tolerate us.”

When questioned about the war in Vietnam, Lennon said:

“Well, we think about it every day, and we don’t agree with it, and we think it’s wrong. That’s how much interest we take. That’s all we can do about it — say that we don’t like it.”

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Mistreated woman. That is both the name of the album that this woman bought and the moniker I have to give her for having forgotten her name and for failing to find any notes I might have jotted down about her as I caught her leaving Disk Union in Shimokitazawa right as they were closing. “Whatcha you gonna do when the man walks out on you!” the lyric on the title track by Margie Evens goes, and that’s the way I feel …that I walked out on her.

What can I tell you? She was British, en vogue, a bit coy with some batty eyelashes, demure, poised, and effortlessly and confidently cool in offering up a striking pose in her London Trenchcoat. Yeah, I admit I was a bit transfixed as she was something to behold and carried herself like a model, disaffected, cordially humouring me as a courtesy. She was nice, and well, nice to look at too. Now more than ever, I’m regretting I mistreated her in spacing her deets.

I’m listening to Margie Evan’s Mistreated Woman as I write, full of “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned," “Did you hear what I said” “I’d give one one more time if I could be sure… Pain Pain Pain!” …imagining our protagonist chilling with some tea or a cocktail, some vintage headphones plugged into a stylish suitcase turntable, listening to this record playing, and agreeing with everything Margie Even sings.

Sorry Mistreated Woman, for forgetting your name, but thank you for looking so haute and scornful. Hope you enjoyed that record!

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Shout out to my homie Dave AKA ‪@Mfidelity‬ who is one of the most knowledgeable (read: obsessed) music pals I know. He is a regular visitor to Japan, and this was our 2nd (3rd?) encounter at the really cool record shop Garageville!

For whatever reason, maybe we were running late, we didn’t do the Tokyo Record Style ritual, making some photos of David’s score, but I still wanted to commemorate our encounter with an official post because every time I hang with David, I get schooled on some previously unknown(-to-me) tenuous connection between this band (that I love) and that one (that I love).

David is filled to the brim with music knowledge and his record collection chock-full of both the seminal classics we all love, as well as the most obscure and interesting bands you’ve never heard of. A great place to tap into his encyclopedic knowledge is over on his YouTube channel, youtube.com/@Mfidelity where he is regularly posting selections from his travels and digs, and showing off and talking all about his killer finds. There you’ll also find a gateway to other interesting channels which he promotes though doing “vinyl tag” videos, contests, and more. I respect and admire how he’s always living up to the notion that more water in the harbour floats all the boats!

So… maybe it was better that we didn’t make photos of the records he scored this day at Garageville, cuz I got to riff on the dood himself, and his contagious passion. Go follow @Mfidelity for some bright and thoughtful music appreciation. You’ll be glad you did. In the meantime, I’ll be looking forward to his next visit to Japan for another shared moment like this one.

Cheers, David! See you again soon!

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Hello Record-Loving Friends!

I’m happy to introduce you to Keinai ‪@keianimabe‬ who I met on the streets of Shibuya late last year on her final night in Tokyo. I was doing a man-on-the-street “Tokyo Vox Pop” chatting people up who had just come from the record store, and when I spotted Keinai walking down the road with a spring in her step and Tower Records bag in tow, I asked her if she wanted to stop and chat a bit, and lucky for me, and you, she was happy to oblige.

With a confidence and joie de vivre air about her, which I would later find out seems to permeate all she does, she told me she was visiting Japan from Hawaii! Ah, from paradise! That might explain a thing or two. When I asked if this trip to Japan was curing a case of “cabin fever,” insinuating that island life might sometimes get a touch claustrophobic, she assured me “Noooooo,” with a big smile on her face suggesting she’s a true champion of the Aloha life. You’ll have to look her up. Turns out she’s a champion of many things.

Keiani was a name I had never heard before and when I asked her if it had a meaning like Japanese names, she told me Kei means “My pride” and “Ani” means beautiful …that probably tracks. I didn’t wish to pry too much more, but I had to ask who was accompanying her. Turns out it was her brother and his lovely! Hey gang!

Finally we got to talking about music and the records she scored. She produced two Robert Flack records, a Labelle record, and today’s favorite: Cocteau Twins. We both exchanged a bit about what we knew, and when I asked Keinai, who was 20-something and far two young for the first wave of vinyl, “Why records” she didn’t hesitate to say "Because it’s a more intentional listening experience…and cuz analog is cool!

I couldn’t agree more…

Before letting Keiani and her posse go, I asked her what had been a highlight or two. When she answered “A visit to Kitamura camera in Shinjuku”, I thought to myself, as a lover of old film cameras of all types, “Ooooh, we go! What did you get?” Keiani produced one of the best compact cameras money can buy, the Contax T2, and she had her hands on an absolute gem of specimen! (GET A STRAP ON THAT THING, Keiani) We shared some photographer musings and some nice photo-loving back-and-forth. Instant camera pals!

Go relive our encounter by searching the Tokyo Record Style back to Vox Pop, December 8th, and you’ll see our fun encounter! (youtube.com/live/jTnI_XjmjM8?si=YTZCVO9kAxuCj5cE&t…)

Hope you’re well, Keiani, enjoying intentional record listening and some film photography! Hope we can meet again some day!

P.S. You’re an inspiration!


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After one nice night of Vox Popping on the streets of Shibuya, I bumped into Alex and his sister Pauline just as they had come from the record store. We got to talking and both knew a bit about each other, both working in overlapping creative fields, both music and photography headz. And turns out Alex is from Avignon, South of France where I spent some wonderful days a ways back. Alex went on to tell me about an amazing project he was a part of (that I’ll let you read about below)

Considering some time has passed since my encounter with Alexis, I reached out to him for a nugget or two about himself for me to riff and write about, and he came back with more poetic musings than I could have ever written about him (and Pauline). So let me let him share all about himself, and about his music. Read below and in the comments. Thanks Alexis!

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My name is Alexis Soria, I’m a French architect based in Tokyo for 4 years and I like jazz.

I grew up in Avignon, in the south of France.

During long car rides, my father would often play CDs of Manu Chao. But I would just listen passively without looking further.

One day, while browsing in a local skate shop, I came across a t-shirt featuring the album cover of Izipho Zam (My Gifts) by Pharoah Sanders. I knew almost nothing about jazz, but there was something magnetic about the artwork.

Soon after, I decided to listen to the album.

The experience was a shock.

At the time, Izipho Zam (My Gifts) felt completely inaudible to me. I couldn’t understand it. The music seemed chaotic, dense, and inaccessible. It was unlike anything I had heard before, and I honestly didn’t know what to make of it.

Rather than giving up, I became curious. I started exploring other recordings by Pharoah Sanders, trying to understand what I was missing. Then I discovered “You’ve Got to Have Freedom.”

The energy of the music was overwhelming. It felt vibrant, spiritual, and full of life. More than anything, it made me feel intensely alive. The music seemed to celebrate freedom, joy, and human expression with a force I had never encountered before.

For the first time, jazz was no longer something I was trying to understand. It became something I felt physically.

After several years of studying architecture in Marseille then Paris, I had the opportunity to spend my final year of school as an exchange student at Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Tokyo immediately fascinated me. As an architecture student, I was drawn to the city’s density, its complexity, and its unique ability to accommodate countless layers of life within a limited space. At the same time, my growing passion for jazz found fertile ground in Japan’s extraordinary listening culture.

I started studying in dusty kissaten, having late-night drinks in smoky listening bars, and dancing until dawn in clubs smaller than my room. My first year in Tokyo became an exploration of spaces shaped by sound.

After completing my master’s degree, I joined Torafu Architects as an architect and designer. There, I had the opportunity to contribute to one of the most meaningful projects of my career: the design of Toh Listening Bar.

For someone whose life had become increasingly shaped by jazz, it felt like a dream project.

The process was particularly special because the client and I shared the same passion for music. Designing the space became much more than an architectural exercise. Throughout the project, we spent countless hours listening to records, discovering artists, exchanging recommendations, and discussing what makes a space truly dedicated to listening.

Since moving here, my family has had the chance to visit me in Japan quite often. When we met, I was actually wandering around Shibuya with my younger sister, Pauline. She’s a photographer always searching for stories to tell and pictures to give. She’s a bit shy, but behind that lies a real talent. I think her eye naturally frame an intimate softness in the realities she encounters.

That day, I had just bought three records. The kind that sit in your basket for months because you know they’ll still be there tomorrow. But sometimes it just feels good to press the purchase button and bring home the classics.

The first was Blow Up by Isao Suzuki, a Three Blind Mice reissue, just tension, groove, and coolness.

The second was Tokyo Special by Kimiko Kasai—soulful, elegant, and languid.

The third was A New Perspective by Donald Byrd, a gorgeous hard bop piece transfused with gospel spirituality.

Today, architecture pays the bills, jazz empties the wallet, and Tokyo continues to feed both. I couldn’t really ask for more.

It just started with a t-shirt.

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When James and Donna from Sydney spotted me on the streets of Shibuya chatting up record collectors in another edition of Vox Pop, my live man-on-the-street interview series, they stopped to watch a bit. I saw them out of the corner of my eye and noticed James was holding a vinyl record store bag from HMV. Thinking they might be recognizing me from the airwaves (turns out, no, they’re weren’t, rather just curious about the spectacle) and as the impromptu interview I was having right then was winding down, I slyly signalled to them to just wait a moment I’d interview them next. They waited a couple more minutes until I finally wrapped and waved them over for a chat.

“Hi folks, did you score some records? Where’ you comin’ from?”

“We did! We’re from Sydney, here in Japan for the first time.”

“Oh wonderful! How long have you been here and what’s been the highlight so far?”


“We’ve been here for 2 weeks, and haven’t done a single thing besides shop for records.”

“Wow!,” I thought to myself. Pure record tourism. Here ONLY for records.

My mind quickly jumped to my time in India, where I went to Rishikesh, a holy and meditative space where people go to study yoga. Not me. I had one reason to go. One reason only. The Beatles Ashram. Rishikesh had plenty to offer, but my pilgrimage was for The White Album.

The Australian couple were incredibly sweet, especially Donna, who seemed to not only tolerate and humour Jame’s record-collecting obsession, but shared it as well. God bless the record-collecting partners of the world!

James scored a rare original, Pete Rocka’s Still smooth as well as David Bowie’s Young Americans. Their favorite record shop was Disk Union, branches both in Tokyo and Osaka where they visited: “We did feel obliged to visit Osaka Castle, frankly speaking, it was a bit underwhelming.”

It was only music for these two, reliving their clubbing and party days of yor, collecting records that their kids will eventually inherit. When I asked for a music recommendation from Sydney, they offered up “The Scientists”, a Perth-based punk band of the late 1970s, and “The Hard Ons”, another punk outfit, that formed in 1982 in Punchbowl (what a name for a town!), New South Wales.

As we signed off (and you can go see our interview on YouTube, dated Nov 18th), I mentioned Adrian Sherwood would be playing the following night and they were super keen to know that and discussed going. I never found out if they did or didn’t, but I’d like to think they were there.

Thanks Donna and James for a lovely chat, and for sharing a bit of yourself and your music with me.

More Tokyo Record Style on the way

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“Tokyo Vox Pop” is my semi-regular man-on-the-street livestream interview series which I broadcast live to my YouTube Channel (link in bio - please sub up!) where I chat people about their record store purchases. You never quite know who you are gonna meet and what might happen. It all could go horrible sideways …but usually it turns out pretty cool.

On this particular occasion, I set up right in the heart of Tokyo at Shibuya Scramble, yes, that crazy intersection with all the neon signs and jumbotron TVs that 2 million people cross through each and every day! And within a few minutes of being there, I met newlyweds, lovely Elisa and handsome Marcial from Chile, the first Chileans EVER to be featured on Tokyo Records Style. They were carrying some Tower Records bags, which was the giveaway to chat them up and the icebreaker to get a conversation going …and we sure got one going (Go check Nov. 11th, 2025 in the Livestreams on my YouTube channel to check out our encounter.

Although Elisa and Marcial, who met at University, and were now on their honeymoon, claimed to have hugely different tastes and interest in music, they were both incredibly passionate about the music they like and told me all about their favorites. Marcial prefers the ol’ Rat Pack crooners like Dean Martina and Frank Sinatra (picking up two of their records at Tower) as well as country artists like Riley Green and Luke Combs, while Elisa preferred more indie and rock bands, like Mumford and sons, The Lumineers, Kaleo, and Of Monsters and Men (who she picked up at Tower) They also recommend me a great list of Chilean artists including 80s rockers Los Prisioneros, folk legend, Violeta Parra, pop singer songwriter, Mon Laferte, ever-evolving classical heroes, Los Huasos Quincheros, and Trap/Raggaeton star Marcianeke. A LOT of musical exchange.

Being the first Chileans to be featured on Tokyo Records Style (I think), and being a bit of a geography buff and always dreaming of traveling more of the world, I told them to remind me of some of the biggest or nicest cities in Chile beside the capital of Santiago. They offered Concepción, Vina del Mar, and Puerto Montt, but having just spent two weeks in Japan, they were more keen to talk about Hiroshima, Miyajima, Nara, Kyoto, and Tokyo, just some of the places they visited while on their Honeymoon. When I pressed them for their highlight, they said Kanazawa for its natural beauty. “Any pro travel tips or hacks you might have for people out there traveling?” I asked. “Go to Kyoto when it rains!”, for the uncrowded tourist sights and the misty mountains that surround the city. When Elisa asked me about any photography or camera tips, I simply recommended to shoot with whatever you have and photograph whatever you like. It was obvious she was just as passionate about photography as music, inspired by her father who travelled the world with his cameras, now hers. We’ll have to save that conversation for our next encounter!

Thank you Elisa and Marcial for chatting me up and your willingness to be on camera! Congrats on your marriage, wedding, and honeymoon in Japan. We wish you a happy life together filled with lots of music, art, love, and passion!


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It’s a crazy fun story about how I met Toti (pictured here in the center), totally by happenstance while I was looking for a needle in a haystack. I lost track of a Filipino subject I had photographed for Tokyo Record Style, and completely on a whim, knowing only that the subject was from Manila, I called Toti’s record store, “This is Pop” which I got off a “Best Record Shop in Philippines” list, and within a few back-and-forths, I not only identified the subject (who turned out to be Marlon), but I made a new pal in Toti.

Over the next 6 months to a year, Toti would make several trips to Tokyo (basically an adopted 2nd home for him) and we’d connect every time and get to know each other more and more with each rendezvous. We went to record shops and fairs, shared some meals, I eventually met his family, joined a party his son was spinning records, went to My Bloody Valentine together, basically just shared a lot of laughs and forged some musical-appreciating fellowship. We’re still kinda at the beginning of what will no doubt be a long-lived friendship with years ahead.

There is so much to say in a single post about Toti, and his shop and his label, Terno Recordings, on which he has released heaps of amazing music, and I don’t have time or space to share it all in one go, so you can expect more posts and videos about Toti and his crew and some our our misadventures together, but let me cut to the chase and share about THESE photos.

The most important takeaway from this post for now is this: “Radioactive Sago Project”

“What is ”Radioactive Sago Project’,” you ask? Well, those who already know understand how privileged that information is. And for anybody who doesn’t yet know, consider this your lucky day. Start with a charismatic and aggressive vocalist who will croon, scream, rap, rhyme, scream, and chant …in tagalog. Add a rhythm section that will challenge a Parliament-Funkadelic, a hot-pot gumbo-licious New Orleans second-line, or a muy caliente latin/samba troupe. Throw in a guitar player with enough class to fill in for Wes Montgumory, enough fusion chops to keep up with a Pat Metheny and enough distortion and attitude to give Johnny Ramone a run for his money. Then you have a keyboardist that simply MUST wear a funny hat, have a sparkly gold tooth and be inspired by enigmatic and muppety Dr. Teeth and his Electric Mayhem. Sprinkle in a powder-keg TNT horn section that will assault you when you are least expecting it, and steal your belongings if you’re not paying close attention. Finally the cherry on top is turn-tablist who has you wondering if you’ve ALREADY heard these breaks on classic hip-hop records …or if they’re from the future. Mix this all together and you get a 10-piece or 12-piece band that are here to collectively melt your face off, direct from the Philippines. Be ready. Be prepared. Be warned.

To wrap this up, let me explain that Toti recorded the now legendary “Radioactive Sago Project” back in the late 90s and early 00s but the recordings were only mastered for CD at the time. As a fan of albums by J-Indie-Alternative acts like Ovall and by neo-soulster Kan Sano, put out by Japan-based Origami Productions led by Yoshi who has been working closely for 20+ years with Yasu (pictured right) of Big Turtle Studios, Toti commissioned a remaster and remix-for-vinyl of Radioactive Sago Project’s 2nd album and seminal work, “Urban Gulaman.” Because those mixes and remastered were pressed state-side with Toti’s partner’s there (boy, this story has a lot of moving parts), Toti was paying a visit to Yoshi and Yasu to present them with the final product, which, if copies still are in stock, can be procured from Disk Union in Japan. Tagging along for the fun of it, I somehow managed to walk away with a test-press of Urban Gulaman, and while my copy sounds phenomenal, I admit I’m jealous of the crazy marbled wax and the very nice jacket and artwork, with which these three collaborators pose. Well done gents! Congrats on another monumental music recording pressed onto wax! Looking forward to staying in touch!

More TRS on the way.

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The legend that is Harry of ‪@harrysmusicroom‬ paid a visit to Tokyo last fall and he and his lovely rendezvous with yours truly for a whirlwind hang of The Big Mikan!

Some weeks, if not months before Harry’s arrival, he reached out to me sharing that he’d be joining some friends and family on a ~2 week cruise around the 4 main islands of Japan as well as a jaunt across the sea to Korea and maybe Taiwan too for what sounded like an adventure of a lifetime, and he made sure on a plan to break out to Tokyo proper when he arrived in port on by far the biggest boat I’ve ever seen.

We rendezvoused in Kabukicho where he was staying at that famous Godzilla hotel, where atop the 20-story building sits an on-the-hour-fire-breathing bust of the terrifying city-destoying monster. You’ll have to ask Harry if he got a chance to slay or ride the beast himself.

The first couple of stops on our custom-internary Tokyo Record Style shuttle adventure were to some fountain pen shops. Harry’s Lovely has a “penchant” (see what I did there) for fountain pens and she tested out a few that tickled her fancy at a few of the stops we made. Don’t tell Harry but I saw her eyeing some really nice ones. My guess is she has some rather discerning taste in fountain pans.

After a morning and early afternoon Round I of pen shops, it was time to hit a few record stores, and considering we were right there in Shinjuku, we had to start Round II at Union Vinyl, Disk Union’s Flagship store where Harry showed little restraint. It seemed only a few short minutes before he was lugging around the shop a dozen records or more around the shop. I carried some for him while his lovely, who had a nose for some of Harry’s grails, helped him dig. We hit up a few more of the adjacent Disk Unions, namely the main rock branch, and before long we were all helping Harry lug out a massive haul.

It was time for a ramen recharge and I got treated to a fat bowl of yummy noodles while we talked and talked and enjoyed each other's company. Now it was time for Round III, but Harry’s lovely was ready to throw in the towel, so after we dropped her off back at Godzilla’s place, Harry and I charged out again. At Record City, Harry got more records (and I traded stickers), then Red Ring records where Harry got more records (and I scored a Yoko Ono YES sticker), then to Perfect Circle Beatles Store where Harry, you guessed it, got more records (and I scored Brainwashed on CD and a George postcard.) By the end of our adventure, Harry had so many record store bags filled with records that I worried he’d be able to get them back home. Of course he had no problem, cuz he’s Harry!

Finally I dropped him back off the Hotel and bid him a bon voyage for the rest of his journey which he reported about back to me along his way. It sounded like a great adventure. It was certainly a great encounter. I was really glad and grateful to get to spend the time with him I did. Great dude. And a lovely lovely. Hope we can meet again some day! Stay in touch, Harry!

More Tokyo Record Style on the way!

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