Ryuichi Sakamoto ↗︎
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Musician · Cultural figure
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Tokyo’s music map connects Sakamoto’s practice to the city’s art, technology and performance geography.
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WORKS
Culture, connected.
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Ryuichi Sakamoto — Tokyo ↗︎
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Yellow Magic Orchestra ↗︎
Ryuichi Sakamoto
MOMENTS
What happened where.
Discover the story behind each place.
Ryuichi Sakamoto — Tokyo — Ginza
Ginza is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Ryuichi Sakamoto — Tokyo — location reference ↗︎Ryuichi Sakamoto — Tokyo — Yoyogi Park
Yoyogi Park is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Ryuichi Sakamoto — Tokyo — location reference ↗︎Ryuichi Sakamoto — Tokyo — Shibuya Crossing
Shibuya Crossing is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Ryuichi Sakamoto — Tokyo — location reference ↗︎Ryuichi Sakamoto — Tokyo — Daikanyama
Daikanyama is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Ryuichi Sakamoto — Tokyo — location reference ↗︎Ryuichi Sakamoto — Tokyo — Shinjuku Station
Shinjuku Station is retained as city orientation only; the current citation does not establish a title-specific event at this address.
Ryuichi Sakamoto — Tokyo — location reference ↗︎Yellow Magic Orchestra — Nippon Budokan
Sony Music’s YMO archive identifies Budokan performances on 23 April and 27 December 1980, and 13 December 1983. The venue is an exact performance relationship, not thematic Tokyo context.
Editorial source — Yellow Magic Orchestra ↗︎Yellow Magic Orchestra — Former Shinjuku Koma Theater site
Sony Music documents YMO’s Winter Live recordings at Shinjuku Koma Theater on 22–24 December 1981. The theater closed in 2008; the current Shinjuku Toho Building occupies the former site.
Editorial source — Yellow Magic Orchestra ↗︎Ryuichi Sakamoto — Soshigaya Elementary School
Wikidata links Ryuichi Sakamoto to Soshigaya Elementary School as a education.
Wikidata relationship — Soshigaya Elementary School ↗︎Wikidata musician record — Ryuichi Sakamoto ↗︎Ryuichi Sakamoto — Tokyo Metropolitan Shinjuku High School
Wikidata links Ryuichi Sakamoto to Tokyo Metropolitan Shinjuku High School as a education.
Wikidata relationship — Tokyo Metropolitan Shinjuku High School ↗︎Wikidata musician record — Ryuichi Sakamoto ↗︎Ryuichi Sakamoto — Tokyo University of the Arts
Wikidata links Ryuichi Sakamoto to Tokyo University of the Arts as a education.
Wikidata relationship — Tokyo University of the Arts ↗︎Wikidata musician record — Ryuichi Sakamoto ↗︎Ryuichi Sakamoto — Tokyo
Wikidata links Ryuichi Sakamoto to Tokyo as a final chapter.
Wikidata relationship — Tokyo ↗︎Wikidata musician record — Ryuichi Sakamoto ↗︎Ryuichi Sakamoto — Nakano
Wikidata links Ryuichi Sakamoto to Nakano as a birthplace.
Wikidata relationship — Nakano ↗︎Wikidata musician record — Ryuichi Sakamoto ↗︎PLACES
The real-world trail.
12 sourced places connected to the story.
TokyoShibuya Crossing ↗︎
2 Chome-24 Shibuya, Tokyo
TokyoGinza ↗︎
Ginza 4-chome, Chuo City, Tokyo
TokyoDaikanyama ↗︎
Daikanyamacho, Shibuya City, Tokyo
TokyoYoyogi Park ↗︎
2-1 Yoyogikamizonocho, Shibuya, Tokyo
TokyoShinjuku Station ↗︎
3 Chome-38-1 Shinjuku, Tokyo
TokyoNippon Budokan ↗︎
2-3 Kitanomaru Koen, Chiyoda City, Tokyo
Former Shinjuku Koma Theater site ↗︎
1-19-1 Kabukicho, Shinjuku City, Tokyo
TokyoSoshigaya Elementary School ↗︎
Soshigaya Elementary School, Tokyo
TokyoTokyo Metropolitan Shinjuku High School ↗︎
Tokyo Metropolitan Shinjuku High School, Tokyo
TokyoTokyo University of the Arts ↗︎
Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo
TokyoTokyo ↗︎
Tokyo, Tokyo
TokyoNakano ↗︎
Nakano, Tokyo
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Tokyo ↗︎
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Yellow Magic Orchestra ↗︎
Follow two Tokyo stages that Sony’s own release archive connects directly to YMO, with the vanished Shinjuku venue clearly separated from the arena that still stands.
Ryuichi Sakamoto ↗︎
Tremor: a seismograph drum with YMO in 1981 on the paper; run the band’s places like a programmed part, see two films as a double bill, then hold the ground and let a tremor play the piano the sea re-tuned.