The Shōwa Show 2020-08-16
In this episode MT Nobo plays Japanese Enka, funky Kayōkyoku and rare Sapporo nightclub records from the late 60s. Perfect for an evening in your favourite Izakaya!
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The Shōwa Show 2020-07-09
The second edition of “The Shōwa Show” by MT Nobo features a well-curated vinyl selection of City Pop, Disco, J-Reggae, breezy Yachtrock and AOR Sounds, all from Japan again.
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The Shōwa Show 2020-06-11
Shōwa Show – Episode #0: Ancient secret service audio signals and MSP patches, ambient songs about dementia and Japanese new-age, traditionals and advertisments. This is the departure from the West and episode #0 of the “Shōwa Show”. 🎌
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2019 Japan / Hokkaido – Overview
Arriving in Sapporo Day 00 – Sapporo – Trip and arrival Day 01 – Sapporo – Getting the bicycles ready Cycling Stage 1: To Kushiro Overview of stage. 9 days of cycling to Kushiro until taking a rest. Stage 1.1: Otaru und Lake Tōya First part of cycling. Started of with a rainy day to the lovely town
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Day 27 – Sapporo to Cologne – Long way back home
2019-09-17 Sapporo / Chitose / Haneda / Düsseldorf / Cologne. Long way. Got up early at 4:00 AM, incredible sunrise. Had managed to organize some private taxi, with friends we had made before. Got to know some interesting stories about western china. At the counter everything went well, no complaints about the cardboards with the bicycles weighting around ~25kg and
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Day 23 to 26 – Sapporo – Big city, bright lights
2019-09-13 to 209-09-16 Sapporo After all that cycling in the most rural areas our reward was some time off the bike going record shopping in Sapporo. The city is about 1.9 million people, so the biggest of Hokkaido by distance. Asahikawa, the second biggest one is only 350.000 people. I quite like the town, which is layed out as grid,
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2018 Taiwan – Overview
Taiwan Overview Taipei Day 01 – Taipei – Taipei by motorbike Day 02 – Taipei – Taiwan Funk Cycling Part 1 – To Hualien Day 03 – Taipei to Jiufen – Spirited away Day 04 – Jiufen to Su’Ao – Abandoned factories Day 05 – Su’Ao to Xincheng – Shout to the top Day 06 – Xenchen to Hualien –
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Day 24 – Taipei to home – Waving goodbye
2018-11-12 Managed to checkout of the hostel on time, but was really tired. Kuan-You wasn’t still up, as he was out even longer. Wanted to sit by the riverside, but due to the leg being in a not so good state, I just sat down at around the corner and read a bit. Had breakfast with Kuan-You then, dumplings with
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Day 23 – Taipei – Packing and last evening
2018-11-11 As I had to check out on the next day quite early, I wanted to pack the bicycle today. Always a unpleasant task – not only because it’s a sign of leaving, but also quite some work. Had to change rooms at the hostel, so was “forced” to do some shopping first. Wasn’t so pleasant, with my leg hurting
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Day 22 – Taipei – Farmers Expo market and izakayas
2018-11-10 Started of visiting the Okinawa Art fair just around the corner and met all of the japanese artists I had been drinking with before. They were so glad to meet me again (Micha-San!). Bought two really nice handcrafted tea cups there. On Saturdays and Sundays I heard there is an organic market with farmers from the region, called “Farmer’s
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