April 24, morning in Kobe

Woke up early...sitting, packing, shower and off for a walk by the sea.

Breakfast at the Sea Horse, a tiny cafe by the sea...

...art on the sidewalks...

...a supermarket for fishermen...

...flowers...

...the protection wall...

...the boats...

...the plants for cleaning and processing seaweeds...

... The Guggehheim House

I wish I had time to become familiar with the work of the artists who live in this house...

...delicious lunch with Koki and Ari at an excellent restaurant of Ari's choice. Ari knows!

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...the trains to Shiga...

... soon arriving in Shiga ..... to be continued!

April 23: Guggehnheim House, Kobe

Fernando Kabusacki with Nobuki Yamamoto, Yasuhisa Mizutani, Nahoko Kamei, Ari Morimoto, Tomoko Hirota, Shoko Fudo, Makoto Inada, Yojiro Tatekawa and Chieko Yamaji

Guggehheim House, Kobe


Before leaving my hotel room in Tokyo I enjoyed this precious gift, given to me last night by a kind member of the audience...

Luggage ready to go ...

Koki will pick me up at noon...taxi to the train station...train to Kobe...


...trains and platforms...

...Kobe Guggenheim House...

...my bedroom at the Guggenheim House, with Clint Eastwood poster...

...the views from my room that reminded me of Ponyo, Miyazaki's movie...

...the sea in Kobe...

...my rig...

my Tokai Les Paul...

...the classic amp...

...the stage...

...a view of the performance, photo by Koki Yahata...

My friend Shinkuro Matsuura, member of Zum and TukTuk, was in the audience.

Haco!!!I'm a big fan of Haco, and I feel I'm a close friend of her music. Such a joy to play with Haco!

... wonderful musicians!!!! Another treat!

This concert has been recorded professionally by a very good engineer, there's a chance that this recordings may make it into a live album.

April 22, day off in Tokyo

Yes! It's my only day off in this tour, this means that today I have plenty of time for resting, reading, packing, coffee, walk around Harajuku...

and buy a Rilakuma teddybear for my daughter in Kiddy Land

... take a train to Mannen-ya, one of my favorite shops in Tokyo...

...see the flowers in the park in Shinjuku...

...walk around the park...

...have lunch...

... see the Pray for Japan signs in many windows (I do this every morning and in every performance)...

...see my friend Juan Parra, who I haven't seen for many years since some Guitar Craft courses and projects in Germany...many years ago...

...and listen to Jeff Beck's Tribute to Les Paul and Bob Dylan's Slow Train Coming in my hotel room.

I have to empty my hotel room since tomorrow Koki and I are travelling to Kansai.

I'm currently reading Lucia Puenzo's book.

A very good day.