The Kyoto Connection ⛩

一日一善 ichinichi-ichizen. Transforming Japan’s soundscapes into evocative electronic journeys. Since 2005.

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They’ll say I’m crazy, but to me, Fuji greeted us through the waves on the lake.

A truly epic moment...

🎥 Full video here: https://t.co/pqoR7LvTED

🗻♥️🇯🇵

#JapanTour25

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Kamakura ❤️

I could write a whole book about all the things going in my mind that day…

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@gingerbeardman Nice idea! The small web needs more discovery tools

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📡 ST.GIGA broadcasts are now part of The Kyoto Connection Radio!

ST.GIGA was the world's first satellite radio station, renowned for its ambient soundscapes, environmental recordings, and dreamlike programming.

Operating from Japan during the 1990s, it created one of the most unique listening experiences in broadcasting history.

Selected fragments from these historic transmissions are now woven into our daily rotation, creating a small bridge across space and time between ST.GIGA and The Kyoto Connection.

👉 Listen now at:
https://t.co/bczluBcLoC

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Japan is full of little surprises.

Hidden between stones and plants, I found this tiny owl watching the world in silence.

Later I learned that owls in Japan symbolize good fortune, wisdom, and a life free from hardship.

And then I noticed it seems to be holding a violin.

An owl in Kyoto. A symbol of good fortune. Holding a violin.

Too many signs to ignore ❤️

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We Played at the Most Beautiful Tea Room in the World 🌸

One of the most unforgettable moments of our last stay in Kyoto was visiting our friends at Camellia Tea Garden.

They welcomed us with incredible warmth and offered us a private tea ceremony that will forever remain in our hearts.

At the end, we shared a small musical ritual with traditional Japanese melodies played on flute and violin.

Here's a two-camera recording that attempts to capture the atmosphere of connection and love for Kyoto that unites us.

Thank you for welcoming us @camelliakyoto !

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It has always been this way, and we could stay like this for hours — or forever.

Without a single word. Just us, our instruments, and whatever music the moment inspires.

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Planning the return.

So many decisions to make. So many experiences waiting to happen.

But in the end, all I really want is to hear the wind through the pine trees again, walk the streets of Yamashina, and continue discovering that deep connection that has inspired our music for more than 20 years.

And above all, I’m always open to new opportunities, collaborations, and encounters along the way.

If you’d like to connect, make music together, record something, or invite us to perform somewhere, feel free to send me a private message. It would be a pleasure.

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@TBeanpod Thank you! Glad you liked it

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We begin our days doing countless things that make us forget what truly matters when starting: wishing for something to happen.

A morning wish in Japan — the sound of the forest, running water, the wind through the pines bringing freshness, good coffee, and good thoughts.

Introducing "Morning wish" my new track is out now on YT (soon on all streaming platforms): https://t.co/s0951ei96O

Hope you like it!

❤️

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They’re everywhere ❤️

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@hr_sasja Yes! It will be the next "Pick of the week"

Thank you for listening!

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The second issue of CHABAN!!

A happy zine featuring talented artists and creators from Gaijin Twitter! Read articles! Poetry! Hear perspectives on life in Japan! And all free!

↓↓↓ Direct download PDF here! ↓↓↓

https://t.co/luTYZO74gL

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Exactly one year ago, this was our last day in Kyoto.

We spent the day by the Kamo River, reflecting on all the adventures we lived during the 22 days we stayed in that wonderful city.

Later, I went alone to Anshu Bridge on the Yamashina Canal to make music one last time… until very soon ❤️😊

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@hisaacps Gracias Isaac! (estaba buena)

Saludos desde ARG!

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🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

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@TBeanpod Picture of the year! ❤️

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Hello new friend ❤️ #TenoriON

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Lumiloop (from Electroplankton) is one of those rare instruments that quietly reshapes your relationship with creativity, not through complexity, but through a kind of simplicity that leaves you alone with the act itself.

There are no notes to trigger, no timeline to organize, no way to save what you create. You draw a circle, set it in motion, and a tone begins to emerge—steady, continuous, almost like a breath sustained by your presence. The sound doesn’t feel played, it feels held, shaped by your movement and released the moment you let go.

What’s powerful is that everything already lives in harmony. You’re not trying to make it “work,” you’re simply exploring within a space that already resonates. And in that, something shifts: the pressure to produce fades, and creation becomes less about building something and more about entering a state.

Lumiloop reminds me that not everything needs to be captured to be meaningful, and that sometimes creating is just that… being there long enough for something to pass through you.

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I’ve been working for some time on a piece called “Yamashina Flow,” inspired by the wonderful soundscape that lives along the nearly ten kilometers of the Yamashina Canal in Kyoto…

I’m also working on the cover artwork ❤️

Hope to release this new song soon!