Tokyo Rock City
Rock-related stuff from Tokyo!
“Rose” – Anna Tsuchiya
This Japanese/Russian-American actor/musician sings the opening theme song for the anime version of Nana, based on Ai Yazawa’s hugely popular manga.
Mari’s Rock
Great spooky store on Takeshita Dori in Harajuku – thanks Steve! Where else can you buy a studded Hannibal Lecter face mask?
Marui Young
Four floors of gothic lolita shopping in a East Shinjuku mall. Wayyyyy better than Hot Topic.
Pink Dragon
A small, 3 floor rockabilly mall b/w Shibuya and Harajuku on Meiji Dori with a museum housing the skeletons of ‘real’ dragons.
Tower Records Shibuya
7 floors tall!
TBD
Hello Kitty RnR
In Japan, Hello Kitty also comes dressed as a punk rocker, a gothic lolita, and a sweet lolita. The different outfits suit her mouth-less magesty quite well.
TBD
Restaurant Music
A few restaurants I’ve been in have played music that morphs from traditional Japanese stuff with shakahuchi into OTT hard rock. More please!
I haven’t quite figured it out yet, but it seems to be a high end camera endorsed by Kiss. Seriously, the commercials show kids in kiss-face, singing “I Was Made For Loving You.”
