Musician Kota Ogawa was enchanted by Kamakura and moved there!

Hello, my name is Fumika Mabuchi.

This time, we would like to introduce Kota Ogawa.
He is a musician who is active as part of the very local unit Ogawa Kota & Tomason, whose name we mentioned briefly when we previously introduced the ceramic artist Hayashi Ayako .
In addition to the unit, he also provides songs to many other artists.

I first met Kota more than 10 years ago.
In fact, he has also been involved in some of the music for the stage productions that I am in charge of.

Kota currently lives in Kamakura.
He was originally from Machida, Tokyo, but moved here in 2010.
The reason he chose Kamakura as his place to move was that he had to move from the apartment he was living in at the time in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, due to it being old and dilapidated, and when he was thinking about where to move, several friends told him that Kamakura would be a good fit. So he came to visit, and liked the old townscape and narrow alleys, which are similar to Bunkyo Ward, so he decided to move.

He then met his current partner Tomason and formed the band Ogawa Kota & Tomason.

He has composed numerous songs with the theme of Kamakura and has released eight albums to date.
Not only do they actively perform at many local events, but they also hold solo concerts at the Kamakura Performing Arts Center and the Kamakura Lifelong Learning Center, and host the Kitakama Festival, an event held mainly at temples in Kita-Kamakura.

In October 2022, we planned the Namioto Bon Odori Festival (Inamuragasaki Park), which attracted 20,000 visitors.

In addition, he has a wide range of activities, mainly in the Shonan area, including collaborating with the magazine "OZ magazine," appearing on TV Tokyo's "Appearance! Ad Street Heaven," and being a regular on FM Yokohama and Kamakura FM.

They are scheduled to have a live performance at Enoshima Toramaruza on May 14th, so be sure to check out their official website !

And Kota Ogawa, who has lived in Kamakura for over 10 years, shared some of his top recommended spots.
① Angkor Wat in Kamakura "The Naito Family Grave" here
②Kamakura Cappadocia "108 Towers" here
③Kamakura's Mont Saint-Michel "Wagaejima" here

Please go and check it out!

Actually, Ogawa Kota has many more "faces"...
I'll introduce that in the next story.

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