Kenta Ebara

On July 1, I attended Kenta Ebara's concert at Dress Tokyo Cafe in Akihabara. Since Rodney attended Kenta's previous concert a couple of months ago, he offered to stay home with Markus. Kenta's father, Ebara-san, who is Rodney's mentor and manager at Honda, along with friend Meiri-san, accompanied me to the concert.

A singer and songwriter from Tokyo, Kenta's music influences stem from all genres of music from rock and country to pop. He is inspired by many famous artists like Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and Stevie Wonder, to name only a few. The love of music seems to run in the Ebara family. Kenta's father, Ebara-san used to play the guitar. He now plays the dulcimer and sings in a group called The Front Porch Players. We attended their show at the Minori Dulcimer and Autoharp Festival on May 25, in Ibaraki.

Before the show we had time to spare so we walked to Yodobashi, which is a massive electronics store in the center of Akihabara - a.ka. "Electric City". Like most department stores in Tokyo, the top floor was sectioned off with several restaurants. We had delicious Japanese cuisine for dinner at the Kaikyo.

Apparently, Kenta was suffering from a cough and cold the previous night, but I would've never guessed. Kenta had a great performance!











Here is a short video of one of my favourite of Kenta's songs called "Asu-iro", ("The Color of Tomorrow"). The song is about sharing true feelings to someone you really love.

All of Kenta's lyrics are in Japanese. During his songs, I could pick up bits and pieces of the words, however it was nice to have Meiri-san there to translate the meanings behind each song.

Enjoy...