Lady Gaga レディーガガ Here in Kobe

Although I am not really into her genre of music, I am still impressed that Lady Gaga is performing in Kobe this evening. She is performing at the concert hall (World Kinen Hall)here on Port Island (the barren wasteland I call home). Last night there were huge crowds at the Port Liner station in Sannomiya when I was coming home from work. I realized that the throngs of good looking young women were in line to see a concert, but I didn't know who they were going to see. while waiting to buy my monthly train pass early this morning I saw the "What's Happening Events" calendar sign in the station and saw that Lady Gaga is playing here as part of her Monster Ball Tour.

Here is my little "jlandkev" vlog about it.

Happy Sake Weekend

It's been a little while since I've written something. It was my first full wek back at work since my nasty stomach virus. I'm finally feeling better and ready for the weekend.

This is a weekend dedicated to all things sake! Mai and I are going to visit the Nada Sake Brewery district of Kobe. Kobe has a long history of producing some of the best sake (Nihonshu 日本酒)in Japan. In the Nada area of Kobe (also the area where I take my Japanese class), there are several functional sake breweries that offer free tours and samples. I realize that most will be in Japanese only and I'll probably understand little, but the free sake samples at the end of each tour will make everything better. The Hakutsuru Sake Brewery is supposed to have most of it's information in English so I'll be looking forward to that one maybe more than others. We'll also be meeting our good friend and my fellow You Tube vlogger KansaiPJ. I'm sure we'll generate a lot of great footage from this little adventure!

So, long story short; going to drink some sake tomorrow and will make several vlogs about it. Be sure to check things out here. I'll definitely post them right here.