Oral histories, cultural archives, and personal essays by Seina.https://japoneson.com/enhttps://japoneson.com/en/essay/when-did-music-become-a-commodity/https://japoneson.com/en/essay/when-did-music-become-a-commodity/"I think that's what music is all about. It's something that naturally lives within daily life. Not about whet…Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTJAPONÉSONMusichttps://japoneson.com/en/essay/the-brooklyn-bop-brothers-what-leonard-gaskin-taught-me/https://japoneson.com/en/essay/the-brooklyn-bop-brothers-what-leonard-gaskin-taught-me/Yesterday, on Wade Barnes's birthday, I published the page for The Brooklyn Bop Brothers. I don't usually list…Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTBrooklyn Bop Broshttps://japoneson.com/en/essay/i-visited-the-world-peace-pagoda-in-moji-and-learned-about-the-history-of-the-death-railway/https://japoneson.com/en/essay/i-visited-the-world-peace-pagoda-in-moji-and-learned-about-the-history-of-the-death-railway/Yesterday, I visited The Moji World Peace Pagoda, which I wrote about a little bit the other day. My last visi…Thu, 05 Feb 2026 06:48:11 GMTAngels SwingHistoryhttps://japoneson.com/en/essay/the-war-related-memorials-in-my-town-time-passed-and-getting-forgotten/https://japoneson.com/en/essay/the-war-related-memorials-in-my-town-time-passed-and-getting-forgotten/When I was little, my dad loved driving his car. Sometimes he would take us to Memorial Cross. He said it was…Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:02:21 GMTAngels SwingHistoryhttps://japoneson.com/en/essay/the-u-s-cuba-and-venezuela-i-am-sad-because-they-gave-me-love-and-i-love-them/https://japoneson.com/en/essay/the-u-s-cuba-and-venezuela-i-am-sad-because-they-gave-me-love-and-i-love-them/Yesterday, I felt weighed down and didn't want to do anything. In the late afternoon, I went outside and start…Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:16:22 GMTJAPONÉSONhttps://japoneson.com/en/essay/dear-mom-dad-letters-us-apo-24-kokura-pair-occupied-japan/https://japoneson.com/en/essay/dear-mom-dad-letters-us-apo-24-kokura-pair-occupied-japan/Yesterday, I was looking for my cats Doris (Day) and Glenn (Miller), which I had in the late 1980s, but I coul…Wed, 07 Jan 2026 05:27:14 GMTAngels SwingHistoryhttps://japoneson.com/en/essay/thanks-for-the-memories-swing-46-red-blazer-too/https://japoneson.com/en/essay/thanks-for-the-memories-swing-46-red-blazer-too/A few days ago, I saw a post saying that Swing 46 will close at the end of 2025. The post was by George Gee, a…Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:58:41 GMTAngels SwingMusichttps://japoneson.com/en/essay/a-door-for-cuba-in-2013/https://japoneson.com/en/essay/a-door-for-cuba-in-2013/Everybody wonders why I went to Cuba so suddenly. In 2013, the first half of the year was wonderful. I publish…Thu, 11 Dec 2025 09:05:34 GMTAngels SwingHistoryhttps://japoneson.com/en/essay/korean-war-poem-we-remember-you-and-your-history/https://japoneson.com/en/essay/korean-war-poem-we-remember-you-and-your-history/I had been... far from the Angels Swing project that was about music and the wars. Things related to wars are…Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:37:31 GMTAngels SwingHistoryhttps://japoneson.com/en/essay/to-luisito-about-interview-of-ramon-alom-suarez/https://japoneson.com/en/essay/to-luisito-about-interview-of-ramon-alom-suarez/My brother, Luisito, Spring has come to Yamaguchi Prefecture, where I live. I'm sorry for not being able to mo…Tue, 26 Mar 2024 09:00:00 GMTMurakami MamboCuban Musichttps://japoneson.com/en/essay/im-currently-reading-american-dream-ryu-murakami/https://japoneson.com/en/essay/im-currently-reading-american-dream-ryu-murakami/I'm reading this book now. 1985 — a book from nearly 40 years ago. So many lines in it cut right into me. When…Fri, 02 Feb 2024 09:00:00 GMTMurakami Mambohttps://japoneson.com/en/essay/i-finally-finished-reading-almost-transparent-blue/https://japoneson.com/en/essay/i-finally-finished-reading-almost-transparent-blue/A few days ago, I heard from Luisito in Cuba. The sound engineer who recorded Ryu Murakami's sessions in Cuba…Sat, 14 Oct 2023 09:00:00 GMTMurakami Mambohttps://japoneson.com/en/essay/fireworks-of-uchiwa-and-a-letter-of-280000-characters/https://japoneson.com/en/essay/fireworks-of-uchiwa-and-a-letter-of-280000-characters/On August 27th, 2023, at Los Van Van's outdoor concert on Nokonoshima Island in Fukuoka, I handed out uchiwa (…Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:00:00 GMTMurakami MamboCuban Musichttps://japoneson.com/en/essay/engineer-of-murakamis-early-productions-ramon-alom-suarez/https://japoneson.com/en/essay/engineer-of-murakamis-early-productions-ramon-alom-suarez/Last night I sent 2 recordings of José Luis Cortés to Luisito who is my best friend like family. SHOKO: Brothe…Sun, 17 Sep 2023 09:00:00 GMTMurakami MamboCuban Music