Asagaya JAZZ STREETS 2010

Asagaya JAZZ STREETS 2010

Asagaya, located in western side of Tokyo, has its own unique setting and atmosphere. There are shopping streets on both the north and south sides of Asagaya Station and the arcade leading away from the south exit to Ome-kaido Street is known as Pearl Center. Almost every month, there are some events at Pearl Center.

Asagaya Tanabata Festival on August is one of the major events. Next weekend, October 22nd (Fri) and 23rd (Sat), we can experience another major event called "Asagaya Jazz Street" which turns 15th this year. Some bands will be roaming the streets with the sounds of jazz. In these two days, concerts will be held around 40 locations including the station square, the ward office square, cafes and restaurants. It probably a good choice to welcome the autumn with some fabulous jazz music!

阿佐谷，位於東京西面，有著自己獨特的環境和氣氛。商店街位於阿佐谷車站南北兩側。其中一方由南口伸延至青梅街,道街被稱為Pearl Center。在這幾乎每個月都會舉行大大小小的活動。

八月中的阿佐谷七夕節便是其中一個主要活動。下週22日（五）和23日（六），我們可以體驗另一個稱為“阿佐谷爵士街”的活動。這在今年己是第15屆了。一些樂隊將漫遊街頭演奏爵士樂。在這兩天，音樂會將在約 40個地點包括車站廣場，區政府廣場，咖啡館和餐館等舉行。以爵士樂來迎接初秋,可能是一個不錯的選擇呢！

Enjoy Tokyo's music

Many people complaint yen is way too strong now. But one of the great things about Tokyo is you don't even need to pay 100 yen for enjoying music performance. There are various kinda of free entertainment in the weekend, especially at Yoyogi Park, Ueno Park or some major train stations where are filled with all sorts of street performers playing for pedestrians. So far, what I've seen are mostly folk-pop music performances. Though today I see something different. An endless flow of pedestrians with an exciting mix of the street performance makes Tokyo a more lively city.

許多人抱怨日圓現在實在太強了。但是，在東京的好處是我們甚至不需要花上100日元，便可欣賞音樂表演。在週末，還有各種免費娛樂供大家欣賞，特別是在代代木公園，上野公園或一些主要車站,各地方都會擠滿各式各樣的街頭表演者。到目前為止，我所見過的大多是民謠流行音樂表演。但是今天我看了有點不同的音樂表演。連綿不斷的行人與街頭表演者交織起來，使東京變得更有活力。