{"id":7921,"date":"2023-05-11T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/?p=7921"},"modified":"2023-08-02T09:46:47","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T00:46:47","slug":"%e3%80%8e%e6%84%9b%e3%81%ae%e8%8a%b1%e3%80%8f%ef%bc%88%e3%81%82%e3%81%84%e3%81%bf%e3%82%87%e3%82%93%ef%bc%89%e3%82%84%e3%80%8e%e6%82%b2%e6%84%b4%e3%80%8f%e3%80%81%e3%80%8e%e3%81%a8%e3%82%8a%e9%87%8e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/7921","title":{"rendered":"A number of street piano masterpieces including \u300eAi no Hana\u300f (Aimyon), \u300ePathetique\u300f and \u300eTori-Yasai Miso no Uta\u300f\u3010Kanazawa Topics\u3011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Street pianos have become widely known thanks to Harami&#8217;s success, but did you know that they were actually installed in Kanazawa City early on in Japan? Among the various people playing street pianos and posting their performances on SNS, we have selected a few recent masterpieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/streetpiano_kanazawanow_20230510.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7922\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Street Piano 4 (image from \u300ephotoAC\u300f)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Machikado Memories Piano?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In October 2017, a grand piano that had been loved at Higashi Asakawa Elementary School in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture, was installed in the underground plaza of Kanazawa Station&#8217;s Motenashi Dome as a \u300cPiano of Memories\u300d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was earlier than that, as Harami, a music college graduate, began uploading videos of her playing \u300cMetropolitan Memory Piano\u300d to YouTube around 2019 when she was an office worker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The use of the \u300cMemory Piano\u300d in Kanazawa was temporarily suspended in April 2020 to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, and resumed in March 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Horse racing announcer and singer\/songwriter also perform<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Many videos of \u300cmemory piano\u300d performances have been posted on social networking sites, and freelance singer-songwriter Tomoaki Oda is one of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the songs, the rendition of \u300eTori-yasai miso no uta\u300f, a commercial song for a soul food of the people of Ishikawa Prefecture, which was written without their permission, is particularly heartwarming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3068\u308a\u91ce\u83dc\u307f\u305d\u306e\u3046\u305f\ud83c\udf72<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E6%80%9D%E3%81%84%E5%87%BA%E3%83%94%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8E?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u601d\u3044\u51fa\u30d4\u30a2\u30ce<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%81%A8%E3%82%8A%E9%87%8E%E8%8F%9C%E3%81%BF%E3%81%9D?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u3068\u308a\u91ce\u83dc\u307f\u305d<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jn3XYm4urY\">pic.twitter.com\/Jn3XYm4urY<\/a><\/p>\u2014 \u304a\u3060 \u3068\u3082\u3042\u304d (@odtmak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/odtmak\/status\/1463481667352363012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kanazawa.local-now.jp\/en\/5357\">Tori Yasai Miso is a specialty produced by Matsutsuya Co., Ltd. and has been featured in media such as \u300eMatsuko no Shiranai Sekai\u300f and \u300eHimitsu no Kenmin Show\u300f.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u300cMitsuo Okawa\u300d, a horse racing play-by-play announcer, also often plays \u300cmemory piano\u300d, which is often classical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u91d1\u6ca2\u99c5\u306e\u8857\u89d2\u30d4\u30a2\u30ce\uff08 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E6%80%9D%E3%81%84%E5%87%BA%E3%83%94%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8E?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u601d\u3044\u51fa\u30d4\u30a2\u30ce<\/a> \uff09\u3092\u5f3e\u3044\u3066\u307f\u305f\u3002<br>\u60b2\u6134\u4e8c\u697d\u7ae0 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tADjeDHCQQ\">pic.twitter.com\/tADjeDHCQQ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u5927\u5ddd\u30df\u30c4\u30aa\u30fc (@lion0_5th) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lion0_5th\/status\/1581948736875294720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, many people play classical music on the \u300cmemory piano\u300d. Pianist Shunji Kotaki and Tokyo College of Music professor and conductor Junichi Hirokami also play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe title=\"\u3010\u30b9\u30c8\u30ea\u30fc\u30c8\u30d4\u30a2\u30ce\u00d7\u30af\u30e9\u30b7\u30c3\u30af\u3011\u91d1\u6ca2\u99c5\u601d\u3044\u51fa\u30d4\u30a2\u30ce\u3067\u30af\u30e9\u30b7\u30c3\u30af\u66f2\u3092\u5f3e\u3044\u3066\u307f\u305f\uff01 #Shorts\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ySvmkFEsSkA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u5e83\u4e0a\u6df3\u4e00\u30de\u30a8\u30b9\u30c8\u30ed plays \u601d\u3044\u51fa\u30d4\u30a2\u30ce\uff01<br><br>\u91d1\u6ca2\u99c5\u524d\u3082\u3066\u306a\u3057\u30c9\u30fc\u30e0\u5730\u4e0b\u5e83\u5834\u306b\u3066\u30e2\u30fc\u30c4\u30a1\u30eb\u30c8\u3092\u594f\u3067\u3066\u304f\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B1%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E9%87%91%E6%B2%A2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30aa\u30fc\u30b1\u30b9\u30c8\u30e9\u30fb\u30a2\u30f3\u30b5\u30f3\u30d6\u30eb\u91d1\u6ca2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OEK?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OEK<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%94%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8E?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30b9\u30c8\u30ea\u30fc\u30c8\u30d4\u30a2\u30ce<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JunichiHirokami?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JunichiHirokami<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8CP1yzIVce\">pic.twitter.com\/8CP1yzIVce<\/a><\/p>&mdash; AMATI\uff08\u30a2\u30de\u30c6\u30a3\uff09\u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011 (@AMATI_Inc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AMATI_Inc\/status\/1619615766713864192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the midst of all this, Namechan, the keyboardist for the music band Ultra Sushi Fuyaa, played a Christmas song to soothe us when we visited Kanazawa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udf84\u3082\u3046\u3059\u3050\u30af\u30ea\u30b9\u30de\u30b9\ud83c\udf84<br><br>\ud83c\udf85\u91d1\u6ca2\u306b\u6765\u3066\u307e\u3059\ud83e\uddd1\u200d\ud83c\udf84<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E6%80%9D%E3%81%84%E5%87%BA%E3%83%94%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8E?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u601d\u3044\u51fa\u30d4\u30a2\u30ce<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E6%8C%87%E3%81%8C%E3%82%AC%E3%83%81%E3%82%AC%E3%83%81%E3%81%A7%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u6307\u304c\u30ac\u30c1\u30ac\u30c1\u3067\u3057\u305f<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iuhRq0Z0I9\">pic.twitter.com\/iuhRq0Z0I9<\/a><\/p>\u2014 \u306a\u3081\u3061\u3083\u3093 (@agoname) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/agoname\/status\/1468565101246820358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tomoko Yamaguchi has also posted some great classical performances, and recently on May 3, she uploaded a wonderful video of a \u300crelay performance\u300d of the theme song \u300eAi no Hana\u300f from the NHK TV series \u300eRanman\u300f sung by Aimyon street pianos in various locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u611b\u306e\u82b1(\u3042\u3044\u307f\u3087\u3093)<br>\u30c9\u30e9\u30de\u30aa\u30fc\u30d7\u30cb\u30f3\u30b0(\u9031\u521d\u3081)\u7248\u3067\u3059\ud83e\udd17<br><br>\u8857\u30d4\u30a2\u30ce&\u99c5\u30d4\u30a2\u30ce\u3067\u3001\u30ea\u30ec\u30fc\u6f14\u594f\u3057\u3066\u307f\u307e\u3057\u305f\ud83c\udfb9\u27b0\u266b<br><br>\ud83d\udcf9\uff7d\uff80\uff70\uff82\u304a\u304a\u305f\u304b\u306e\u68ee\uff8e\uff70\uff99 \uff8e\uff9c\uff72\uff74\ud83c\udfb9<br><br>\ud83d\udcf9\u91d1\u6ca2\u99c5\u601d\u3044\u51fa\u30d4\u30a2\u30ce\ud83c\udfb9<br>(\u64ae\u5f71:\u30cf\u30eb\u304f\u3093\u30de\u30de\ud83e\udd70)<br><br>\ud83d\udcf9\u5bcc\u5c71\u99c5\u30d4\u30a2\u30ce\ud83c\udfb9 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7D7A3W8Yry\">pic.twitter.com\/7D7A3W8Yry<\/a><\/p>\u2014 \u5c71\u53e3\u667a\u5b50 (@tomocon_calore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomocon_calore\/status\/1653715102573694976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information on Machikado Memories Piano<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Name\u3000\u3000<\/td><td>Machikado Memories Piano<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Location\u3000<\/td><td>2-2 Kinoshinbocho, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture\u3000<br>Kanazawa Station East Exit, Moshinashi Dome Underground Plaza<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Related website\u3000\u3000<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/pianomitsuketa.com\/40\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pianomitsuketa.com\/40\/<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d3204.0157916864837!2d136.646522126494!3d36.57783727231132!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x5ff833fd2309adab%3A0x2899a1670583ab41!2z6YeR5rKi6aeF44KC44Gm44Gq44GX44OJ44O844Og5Zyw5LiL5bqD5aC0!5e0!3m2!1sja!2sjp!4v1683728695536!5m2!1sja!2sjp\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Street pianos have become widely known thanks to Harami&#8217;s success, but did you know that they were actually installed in Kanazawa City 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