I've been a fan of Japanese popular music for 40 years, and have managed to collect a lot of material during that time. So I decided I wanted to talk about Showa Era music with like-minded fans. My particular era is the 70s and 80s (thus the "kayo kyoku"). The plus part includes a number of songs and artists from the last 30 years and also the early kayo. So, let's talk about New Music, aidoru, City Pop and enka.
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Monday, February 16, 2026
Just for Fun...The J-C AI Gallery -- Hiroaki, Kingo & Seiko
Monday, September 22, 2025
Just for Fun...The J-C AI Gallery -- Akira, Hiroko & YMO
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Just for Fun...The J-C AI Gallery -- Hiromi, Masahiko & Kanako
Hiromi Ohta -- Momen no Handkerchief (木綿のハンカチーフ)
Masahiko Kondo -- Midnight Station(ミッドナイト・ステーション)
Kanako Wada -- Good Luck Factory
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| "Uh...over here?" |
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Just for Fun...The J-C AI Gallery -- Ikue, Hiroshi & the Blue Comets
Ikue Sakakibara -- Natsu no Ojosan (夏のお嬢さん)
Hiroshi Itsuki -- Yogisha no Onna(夜汽車の女)
Jackey Yoshikawa and His Blue Comets -- Blue Chateau(ブルー・シャトウ)
Sunday, April 13, 2025
Just for Fun...The J-C AI Gallery -- Mizue, Minako, Shinji & YMO
Mizue Takada -- Watashi wa Piano (私はピアノ)
Minako Yoshida -- Koi wa Ryuusei (恋は流星)
Shinji Tanimura -- Subaru (昴)
Yellow Magic Orchestra -- Taiso (体操)
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Just for Fun...The J-C AI Gallery -- Momoe, Yosui & Mina
Momoe Yamaguchi -- Yume Saki Annainin (夢先案内人)
Yosui Inoue -- Isso Serenade (いっそセレナーデ)
Mina Aoe -- Shinjuku Saturday Night (新宿サタデー・ナイト)
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Just for Fun...The J-C AI Gallery -- QYPTHONE, Yujiro & Seiko
Yujiro Ishihara -- Arashi wo Yobu Otoko (嵐を呼ぶ男)
Seiko Matsuda -- Pineapple Island (パイナップル・アイランド)
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Just for Fun...The J-C AI Gallery -- Kiyomi, Ruiko & Mieko
Ruiko Kurahashi -- Last Scene ni Ai wo Komete (ラストシーンに愛をこめて)
Mieko Nishijima -- Gin Lime (ジンライム)
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Just for Fun...The J-C AI Gallery -- AB'S, YMO & B'z
Welcome to another visit to the AI gallery. This time, we've got some lettered bands to help us out here with the imaging process.
AB'S -- In The City Night
Yellow Magic Orchestra -- Rydeen (雷電)
B'z -- Ultra Soul
Monday, February 10, 2025
Just for Fun...The J-C AI Gallery -- Seatbelts, Dali & Petits Rabbit's (Anime)
Well, it's been almost three weeks since the last time we had a visit to the AI gallery, so let's enjoy another one with some anison.
Seatbelts -- Tank!
Dali -- Moonlight Densetsu (ムーンライト伝説)
Petits Rabbit's -- Daydream Café
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Just for Fun...The J-C AI Gallery -- Harumi, Yasuhiro & Arashi
Well, our building is currently in the middle of a sudden water outage due to a burst pipe; it has been very cold out there over the past few days. As such, we're in the middle of a holding pattern but hopefully, we'll be back to normal within 90 minutes. In any case, I'm a little frazzled right now after all of the running around to get information and updates so allow me to include another visit to the AI gallery.
Harumi Miyako -- Osaka Shigure (大阪しぐれ)
Yasuhiro Abe -- Cafe Flamingo
Arashi -- A-RA-SHI
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Just for Fun...The J-C AI Gallery -- Kiyohiko, Riho & Anri
Welcome to your second visit to the AI Gallery for 2025. Since I've kept the generator open because of my previous article, I thought "Heck! Why not put up another trio of pieces?". Plus, I wanted to see if it can handle the styles of some more famous artists.
Kiyohiko Ozaki -- Mata Au Hi Made (また逢う日まで)
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| Hmm...not sure if this is Henri Matisse... |
Riho Makise -- Miracle Love
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| Leonardo, meet Riho! |
Anri -- Surf City
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| Nope...definitely not Eizin Suzuki! |
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| This time, I added "Japanese City Pop" to Surf City. |


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