☆Regarding Friday Business Hours

　in September.

Starting in September, we will be holding "Japanese Music Days" on a trial basis on Fridays. 

(The schedule for October and beyond is undecided.)

The reasons for this are as follows:

- We've seen an increase in requests from international tourists to listen to Japanese music. This also applies to customers in Japan for work. We'll make this a day where they can enjoy Japanese music.

- Some of our regular customers enjoy listening to Japanese music from the '60s to the '80s while reminiscing about it. Also, every Friday, we have a regular customer who comes to hear "Panta," a Japanese rock musician I respect the most.

- Since we had the chance, we invited a guest DJ every week. They're regulars at this bar. Saturdays and Fridays are the best times to host a guest DJ.

☆Number of customers permitted to enter on Fridays

September 4th, Revised.

Actually, due to one staff member leaving (she had come from America but has now returned home), we've been short-staffed. This meant we had to run the place just the two of us one day a week, and we were certain we'd be stretched thin. So we decided to make it a Japanese Music Day, inviting guests to play, to help cover the staffing gap. Along with that, we were considering reducing the number of people allowed in.

However, we've now managed to hire a new staff member, so we can operate as we normally would.

Therefore, as we've already invited guest DJs for the rest of this month, we'll continue with Japanese Music Day, but from October onwards, we'll revert to the usual schedule.

- We had initially planned to limit the number of people, but since new staff were suddenly confirmed, we will operate as usual. 

- Entry is as usual, with reservations given priority. Groups are limited to 6 people, and counter seating is for 1 or 2 people only.

- Of course, this also applies to Japanese customers.

- Requests are of course accepted. We also have a designated request time for music other than Japanese music. We'll set aside a request slot to play songs from outside the Japanese music scene. However, depending on the timing, you might have to wait a moment.

☆My collection of Japanese music records

- Rock, jazz, and pop singles called “KAYOU KYOKU” from the '60s to '80s (this is Japanese popular music, with many hits), folk songs, traditional music, and singer-songwriter pop music(maybe include called city pop). Dance sounds and pop music from the '90s onwards, as well as soundtracks from Studio Ghibli films and the like. However, the records I have the most in my collection are in the rock music genre.

- I don't know what city pop means to us. It's just a recent way of narrowing down the genre. It seems to be interpreted differently depending on the person, the media, and the country. I may have some, or I may have none at all. I'm currently purchasing similar records little by little.

I'll be posting details of the Japanese music records I own on my blog soon.