Golden Week and beyond

Hello there! Tomorrow is the start of Golden Week. The time when the good workers of Japan get some time off. It's also usually the time of year when I'm busiest. And this year is the craziest and most fun yet, both in terms of rushing around (4 shows in 24 hours at one point), and also in sheer diversity of musical styles. Idol group Nogizaka46, Shibusashirazu Orchestra performing an insane 3 hour version of Darius Milhaud's La Bœuf sur la Toit at Tokyo International Forum, a gig at Shinjuku Pit Inn with the great Orquesta Libre, and a children's concert with the splendidly named Jellyfish Brass Plop brass ensemble.

I'll be doing this-

http://sp.nogizaka46.com/q?i=sp/16_2/index&m=16_2_banner_osaka

Whilst squeezing in some of this-

http://www.timeout.jp/s/en/tokyo/event/7277/La-Folle-Journée-au-Japon-2013

Some of this-

https://m.facebook.com/orquesta.libre?id=304678172915218&_rdr

And a bit of this-

http://www.jellyfish-bp.net/