私の好きなエリアです。ラアナン曰く、ごく普通の街並だそうです。外国から来たらこのエリアの良さは分かりづらいのかもしれませんね。東京に住んでたり、よく知っていたりすると、このエリアがどれだけ雰囲気よく下町風情が残されて、新しいものと共存してるかっていうのがよく分かるのですけれど。といいつつ、私たちは今までで一番たくさんお土産をこの日に買ったのでした。いせ辰で折り紙やら木版刷りのきれいな紙やら（５月に引っ越しするので新居に額装して飾るのです）、東大のおしゃれなスーベニールショップで古地図やら（地図好きラアナンがこれも額装して飾ると買ったもの。今飾ってるベルリンの古地図の横に。）、いろいろ。楽しく良く歩いた日です。歩いていると小さな素敵なお店がたくさんあって、本当にこのエリア、好きだなぁと再確認。日暮里駅から始まって千駄木経由で根津に行き、根津神社（写真）ももちろん寄って、それから東大、赤門を見て、お茶の水まで行きました。お茶の水は、私、大好き。中学生の時も高校生の時も塾やら予備校やらなにかとお茶の水に行くことが多かったし、なによりあの辺りの中古レコード屋さんに本当によく通った。音楽好きラアナン曰く、お茶の水はヘブンだそうです。楽器屋さんが多いので。彼はMIDIケーブルを探していて、何軒か楽器屋さんに入るたびに立ち止まって、いろいろ楽しそうにいじったりしてました。

そんなラアナン、都内でパフォーマンスすることになりました。またまた音楽好きでギター弾きの義兄とベルリンでセッションしてから、日本でもやろうねと意気投合した二人、日本に来てからもお家でセッション。そんな義兄が１２日に吉祥寺でライブパフォーマンスをするので、そこにラアナンもラップトップで参加することになったのです。初めての日本でパフォーマンス。彼にとって貴重な経験になると思います。楽しみです。詳細は以下。お時間のある方、ぜひどうぞ。

３月１２日 @ 吉祥寺　BLACK & BLUE
出演：AYAHUASUCA、system error（程島和浩（gt）、榎本eno宏(per)＋RaananWeber（dj)）、パチクリエレガンス
※system errorの出演は20時00分からです。
start: 19:30
fee: 1800yen
venue info: 0422-22-4816

Raanan's

Hey everybody!
First, i want to apologise for not writing yesterday about this AMAZING garden we've been to. There were turtles standing on rocks, a kind of cherry blossom, cat-fish all over, and amazing (and surprisingly clean) path to walk on. In the middle of this huge city.
So, I am going to play some music in tokyo! Really exciting for me... Rie's sister's husband (Brother in law... :-)) is an amazing guitar player, and he has this small band called "system error", which is actually him and another guy playing percussion. We jammed a little and it seems like i fit with computer looping and a little bit of electronica, so we will be playing at the "Black and Blue" live bar, on the 12th of march and probably one more gig on the 21st in a different venue. If you are in tokyo (well, i guess you are not, but hey, worth to try) come by!
And about today's tokyo location, i am getting a little confused with the names. All of them are extremely japanese for me, and since i am not used to it, and i don't know what they mean, Akihabara is the same as Asakusa which is mixing with Shinjuku. I mean, i know where I've been, but i don't remember the name... And this is the same as the place we've been to yesterday. Rie's good friend, an amazing artist and illustrator took us on an urban trip in Yanaka-Nezu-Sendagi (i guess, it's written on the top as the title! :-) ). I am saying urban, because it wasn't the regular touristic attraction. If i remember correctly i didn't see any foreigner (except for the Waiter in the indian restaurant... Namaste!) on the streets. She took use on a long walk through the streets of the region, we saw an amazing temple (i was seriously sure that japanese have no religion... They don't! but they still have lots of temples where they through their one-yen coins to and make wishes...), we toured around nice local small shops, and arrived eventually to tokyo's paradise, which again, i don't remember it's name. I am saying paradise, because this place was full of music instruments' shops. Full is actually too little. Shop after shop after shop, all offering guitars, synths, drums, strings, you know, the works. In tel aviv there used to be a street for carpenters and a street for lamps and chandeliers. Here, they have a street for music instruments and electronic shops. And lot's more...
Be good!!

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