Apri 24th, Shiga: Solo Performance at Shuyukan

After several years I'm back at Shiga Shuyukan, a wonderful venue where I had some of the most memorable performance evenings, always followed by delicious meals, surrounded by nice friends, with superb Sake, which is made and aged in this place by Mr Akira, the owner.


Koki and I arrived to Shiga by train. Mr Akira was waiting for us at the station and drove us to the venue, accompanied by a huge Rainbow

At the venue's entrance, ancient Sake barrels...

A proof of a previous visit...

...the stage...

... Les Paul...

... dressing room

A view of the performance, by Koki...

...with Akira...

Supper's ready!!!!!!

Luxurious dinner!

The tables, made of very old wood...I remember this tables!

... a friend...

After tasty tea listening to some of David Sinclair's (from Canterbury group Matching Mole, one of my favorites) new musical adventures, time to bed...

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.