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Next Music from Tokyo brings a diverse selection of Japanese indie to Canadian stages

By: Kitty Cheung, Staff Writer Dr. Steven Tanaka, a Toronto anaesthesiologist and UBC alumnus, spends his spare time organizing tours for underground Japanese bands to perform across Canada. Next Music from Tokyo is an annual (sometimes biannual!) tour that Tanaka has been paying out of pocket to organize since 2010. The purpose of the tour, according to Tanaka, is to “show fellow Canadians how fascinating and creative bands from Japan can be.” Intimate and charming, the show crosses the entire country with stops in Vancouver, Montréal, and Toronto. I was able to attend its 14th volume at the Biltmore Cabaret…

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