YNKs Playlist
The music journalist Yoshiaki Takahashi offers one scene in the Yaesu-Nihonbashi-Kyobashi area with his treasured selection of music. To the YNK Instagram account. Video production: Yudai Moroi (Photo/videographer)
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Yoshiaki Takahashi
The music journalist, radio personality, and music critic
He is from Tokyo. After working as the editor of a music magazine, he is now a freelance music journalist, radio personality, and music critic. His main books include Marvel Cinematic Universe Ongakuko: Eiga kara Kikoeru Pop Music no Imi (Examination of the Music in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: The meaning of pop music heard from movies), Atarashii Deai nante Kitai dekinaindakara, Dareka no Koi Mite Rihabiri surushika nai: Ai to Kyoyo no Love Come Kouza (You can’t expect for meeting new people, so you have to see someone’s love and undergo rehabilitation: Romantic comedy movie course with love and education), This is America: Trump Jidai no Pop Music (This is America: Pop Music in the Trump Era), and KING OF STAGE: RYMESTER no Live Tetsugaku (KING OF STAGE ~ RYMESTER’s Live Philosophy). His appearances and music recommendations on the radio include Jane Su Seikatsu wa Odoru (Jane Su Life is Dancing), Kinyo Voice Log (Friday Voice Log), and After 6 Junction (all programs are on TBS Radio). He is well-known as the puppet Yoshi Kaisetsuin (commentator Yoshi) in Hoshino Gen no Ongaku Koron (Gen Hoshino’s Public Opinion on Music) (NHK E-Tele).
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Prep/Open Up / Strolling along Yaesu Street to Hacchobori, lured by a lively pop song
2024.12.24
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Hope Tala/Jumping the Gun / Sakamoto-cho Park, an oasis in Nihonbashi. Enjoy a relaxing time with R&B sounds with a bossa nova taste.
2024.12.14
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Leyla McCalla/Scaled to Survive / Tropical pop song that fits well with the water city of Nihonbashi
2024.11.29
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FINNEAS/2001 / City pop sound with a view of Showa Dori Street that connects the north and south sides of Tokyo
2024.11.16
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Omar Apollo/Done with You / Walking around Kayabacho, a town where the atmosphere of the common people still lives on, with relaxing singing voices as background music
2024.10.25
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Phony Ppl/dialtone. / A lively groove brings out the dynamism of the office district.
2024.10.13
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flowerovlove/breaking news / Walking along Kotto Dori with the sound of pop music that makes your heart dance.
2024.10.03
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Mac Ayres/Easy / Lose yourself in the sweet sounds as you walk through the hustle and bustle of the late evening.
2024.09.14
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Still Woozy/Shotput / Nostalgia-inducing singing suits the back alleys that retain the atmosphere of the Edo period.
2024.08.31
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Liana Flores/Orange-coloured day / The rhythm of a waltz colors the office district as dusk approaches.
2024.08.10
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Alfie Templeman/Colour Me Blue / The summer sky reflected on the glass wall and the dazzling melody foretell of a bright future.
2024.07.30
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VINI/Late Nite / Disco tune by a band from Thailand overlaps with the future of an internationalizing city
2024.07.13
