Thank you both!

My older brother and his wife used to host Japanese Foreign Exchange Students and he was trying to learn the language. I am a big time Zatoichi enthusiast. I have the Criterion Collection of films as well as the TV series on DVD. I also have the 2003 film “Zatoichi – The Blind Swordsman”. That sucked as did the film with Rutger Hauer film form ’89, “Blind Fury”. It is faint praise but Hauer’s film was better than that hideous 2003 thing.

I also like Jazz and I think highly of Japan and their efforts to maintain their culture against the tide of turds that overflow the Civilized World. YES!!!! My father visited a few times and told me I would lie it a lot. I know I would.

Again thank you both!

ORT

Drooling already.

Glad to have you along, and thanks for the comment. If you can make it over it’ll be life-changing.

ORT,

Do you know that Eric has written more about the Jazz Kissa scene than any other writer in consumer A/V? Just incredible work. I will make it there eventually. Toshiro and Kurosawa beckon.

Let’s hope you make it there as well.

And hopefully when our SA/Canadian friend retires to Japan in another year or so…he will be our man in Japan covering their IEM/headphone scene and visiting some of the big brands like Luxman, Air Tight, Leben, TAD, Denon, Marantz, Accuphase and others…

IW

ORT