Newport in Miami Beach Guitar Festival
I will be attending this festival in Miami. Drop by and say hello!"We cordially invite you to join us at the Miami Beach Convention Center, April 11-13th, 2008 as we host some of the world's top makers of hand-built guitars along with prestigious vendors of vintage guitars, accessories and supplies.""The festival will be the first hand-built guitar festival in South Florida history, also the first vintage guitar show to be staged in South Florida. The festival is taking full advantage of Miami's unique position as a major tourist destination for Europeans and Americans alike, also known as the gateway to Latin America."
See here for more information.
Snowman in Vancouver
Novelist Kenichi Kawakami has written a story based on me. It's called Vancouver no Yukidaruma (Snowman in Vancouver).See here for ordering.
Acoustic Guitar Book 26
Acoustic Guitar Book 26 has a feature on me and my dad. Check it out on page 11!See here for ordering.
Healdsburg Guitar Festival 2007
I will be at the Healdsburg Guitar Festival in California, August 17-19.The Healdsburg Guitar Festival is located at the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts just off of Hwy. 101 between Healdsburg and Santa Rosa in Sonoma County, California.
See here for more information.
In the News!
On July 9, 2006 Yusuke was featured in the Unwind section of the Province newspaper, a B.C. newspaper based in Vancouver! Check out the full text of the article or a full-page scan, both in PDF format. (Warning: the scan is almost 4 MB.)
Full text (800k PDF)
Scanned pages (4MB PDF)
Japanese Translation (129k PDF)
Thanks to writer Steve Berry and photographer Wayne Leidenfrost!