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Research in Japan proves that pianists can control timber with touch alone

Master Blaster
Oct 4, 2025
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It really is all in the wrists.

Japan
(COK • music • pianists • piano • science • Sony Computer Science Laboratories • technology • timbre • tone)

Onsen hot spring with Mt Fuji views has one of the best rotenburo in Japan

Oona McGee
Jun 26, 2024

Bathing here is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity you don’t want to miss.

Japan
(Ashigara • Ashigara Onsen • bathing • COK • cool • Fuji • hot springs • Mt. Fuji • onsen • outdoor baths • piano • rotenburo • Seiji Nakazawa • sento • Shizuoka • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Japanese hot spring inn lets you spend night for under US$1 if you do something special in return

Casey Baseel
May 8, 2024

Niigata ryokan wants you to make beautiful travel memories and beautiful music.

Japan
(cool • crazy • hot springs • hotels • music • Niigata • onsen • piano • ryokan • tourism • travel • weird)

Former Prime Minister Abe tickles the ivories on his latest YouTube video【Video】

Master Blaster
Dec 27, 2021

He’s really settling into his new YouTuber gig.

Japan
(Japan Spirit Concert • piano • politics • Prime Minister Abe • Shinzo Abe • videos • YouTube)

Japanese mom’s son crashes her piano recital, melts the Internet’s heart【Video】

Casey Baseel
Aug 23, 2021

Mom’s big moment turns into an unforgettable family memory.

Japan
(cute • funny • kids • moving • music • parents • piano • touching • video)

Busty cosplay pianist shows face, but not hers, in awesome Detective Conan Criminal video【Video】

Casey Baseel
Mar 3, 2021

They say there’s no such thing as a perfect crime, but this might be the perfect cosplay/cover combination.

Japan
(anime • anime songs • anisongs • beautiful women • Case Closed • cool • Detective Conan • funny • manga • music • piano • video)

Colorful, temporary street piano boosts spirits of commuters, pianists, with live otaku music

Dale Roll
Nov 12, 2020

There’s nothing like live piano music to sooth the soul!

Japan
(culture • Demon Slayer • Hatsune Miku • music • Otsuka • piano • piano performance • street music • street piano • Tokyo)

Former Empress of Japan imparts wise, moving words on talent and its loss

Ingrid Tsai
Oct 25, 2020

It’s not necessarily about what you’re born with as it is how much time you have with your distinctive talents and passions.

Japan
(culture • Empress Michiko • Imperial Family • moving • music • piano • royal family of Japan • touching)

Busty cosplaying pianist returns to steal our hearts with cover of one of anime’s greatest themes

Casey Baseel
May 16, 2020

Wherever she goes, the spotlight always belongs to Fujiko Mine.

Japan
(anime • beautiful women • cool • cosplay • cosplayers • Fujiko Mine • lupin III • music • piano • Riyoko Takagi • video)

Anything is paw-sible! Pianist holds virtual concert with a rescue dog accompanying him【Video】

Katie Pask
May 8, 2020

You’d be barking mad not to want to see this talented pup.

Internet, Japan
(animals • cute • dog • dogs • funny • heartwarming • music • pets • piano • rescue animals • rescue dog)

Japanese cat is singularly perturbed by owner’s piano music, requests a concert cancelation

Krista Rogers
Mar 25, 2020

This one cat would like to call in a complaint about her owner’s rendition of “I Stepped on the Cat.”

Internet, Japan
(cat • cats • funny • I stepped on the cat • music • pets • piano • video)

Japanese Twitter users surprised by overseas story of neighbors not complaining about loud noises

Dale Roll
Feb 3, 2020

Because it’s hardly ever acceptable to play a musical instrument in an apartment complex in Japan.

Japan
(cool • music • musical performance • musician • neighbors • piano • society)

Japanese kids’ show mascot busts out a juicy piano pop tune inside a subway station

Katy Kelly
Feb 19, 2019

Passersby were treated to the jazzy refrain of Kenshi Yonezu’s Lemon, as played by a gigantic mop-headed monster.

Japan
(cute • funny • Gachapin • Japanese mascots • Kenshi Yonezu • Mukku • piano)

Japanese bar pianist plays beautiful version of Pokémon background music without anyone noticing

Casey Baseel
Sep 18, 2018

An elegant rearrangement of an iconic piece of video game music history, plus where to hear the musician play live.

Japan
(anime • bars • cool • music • piano • Pokemon • restaurants • video • video games)

85-year-old Japanese granny wows internet with amazing piano performance【Video】

Dale Roll
Apr 28, 2018

She has trouble standing and taking a bow after her performance, but her hands glide like the wind across the keys.

Japan
(awesome • elderly • music • piano • piano performance • seniors • video)

Busty Japanese jazz pianist returns, performs as a sexy courtesan in lingerie 【Video】

SoraNews24
Jan 9, 2018

Now she even frolics on her bed before her half-naked piano performance.

Japan
(beautiful women • courtesan • Haru no umi • Japanese women • jazz • music • oiran • pianists • piano • Riyoko Takagi)

Cat helping his person play Animal Crossing BGM on the piano is super calming, too cute【Video】

Meg Murphy
Apr 28, 2017

This purrfect duet is meowsic to our ears.

Japan
(Animal Crossing • animals • cats • cute • music • nintendo • pets • piano • video • video games)

Japanese Twitter goes crazy for impromptu piano performance at Yodobashi Camera store in Kyoto

Oona McGee
Apr 21, 2017

Two strangers came together over the theme song from an 80s film starring David Bowie.

Europe, Japan
(David Bowie • Kyoto • Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence • music • musicians • pianists • piano • twitter • videos • Yodobashi)

Pianist plays impressive arrangement of Pokémon background music, internet is awed【Video】

Meg Murphy
Aug 4, 2016

If you haven’t heard the background music enough playing Pokémon GO, here’s a new piano version for you!

Japan
(Eevee • music • niconico • piano • Pokemon)

Italian jazz pianist unleashes inner Ghibli fanboy, releases anime theme song album

Scott R Dixon
Jan 27, 2015

The legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki and the Studio Ghibli films have amassed a huge following from an incredibly diverse and very loyal fan base (some more than others) around the world. Famed Italian jazz pianist Giovanni Mirabassi is one such fan and tapped into his inner Miyazaki fanboy to release an album last week featuring jazz covers of 10 popular songs from Studio Ghibli films as well as other classic Japanese anime like Cowboy Bebop and Lupin III. The album, named after the French title of Laputa: Castle in the Sky, is Mirabassi’s homage to Japanese anime and a beautiful take on the iconic songs.

Japan
(anime • cover songs • Ghibli • giovanni mirabassi • Hayao Miyazaki • jazz • music • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • piano • Studio Ghibli)

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