December 13, 2007

Jiro Yoshida in Kobe

Last Sunday we had the opportunity to go and see Jiro Yoshida playing in the same restaurant as last time. This time he played Christmas songs and we had a great, although kinda quiet, beautiful time.


Besides being a very talented guitarist, Jiro is super friendly and has a great sense of humor. He comes to say hello to our table after his performance and always has good jokes to crack.

He is playing in Japan all over the place but he will be in Okamoto in Kobe on the 27th. (Thursday) at the Born-Free pub. The entrance fee is 4000 Yen and it starts at 1930. I recommend everyone to go because he said it is going to be very lively.

We are not sure if we'll be going though... as much as we'd love to, this month has been quite hard on our budget and we are counting every penny left.

You can check the rest of his schedule in Jiro's website in case you might want to see him at other venues in Japan.

These are a couple of videos I shot at the restaurant with my phone last sunday. As always, quality is not the best and the light doesn't help either... who knows?, some of you might enjoy them anyway.

Have fun,

Gaston





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