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Yukari Miyake recently (as of September 7, 2021)

This is my first time to write in English since July of last year. I hope you all are well coping with present threat. Due to the worldwide pandemic of the coronavirus, various daily activities have been severely restricted even in Japan, …

The Yukari Miyake Story

There might be those who think "???", at a glance of the title of this article. What is "Yukari Miyake Story?". If there is such a story, I would like to read it, but unfortunately it isn't (maybe (^ ^)). The reason why I've written this a…

Yukari Miyake recently (As of July 13. 2020)

In my earlier article written in English, I introduced Yukari Miyake's poem uploaded on to her Instagram and my poor traslation, too (^^; www.capitandiaryblog.com Then I mentioned that it somehow looks like lylics rather than a poem and I …

Yukari Miyake recently (As of May 24, 2020)

I introduced in my earlier articles that Yukari Miyake provably is sending us her messages in her Instagram saite by uploading various items. And today, another amazing video was uploaded! In this video, she is singing "Tonight" in English…

Yukari Miyake Recently (As of May 11, 2020)

In my last article written in English, I mentioned that there are unprecedented movements on the Instagram site of Yukari Miyake. www.capitandiaryblog.com Some photos and videos were uploaded, they are, her autograph with a message to supp…

Yukari Miyake recently (As of May 5, 2020)

As I mentioned in earlier articles, Yukari Miyake joined the Training Squadron Band attached to the Overseas Training Force 2019, and in May, departed the Yokosuka Base for 5 months mission tour around Pacific nations. Shortly before that,…

Know deep in Japan, Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori prefecture

https://www.photolibrary.jp STARTING NEW SERIES Japan seems to be gaining popularity as a tourists' destination, and the number of people visiting Japan has increased greatly in recent years. But I'm afraid many of them seem to visit only …

Yukari Miyake recently (As of Dec. 2019)

It's almost four months since Yukari Miyake was back in Japan after visiting Pacific nations as a member of the Fleet Band attached to the Training Squadron 2019. The mission tour around the Pacific Ocean was reported in last two articles …

Itinerary record of Yukari Miyake @Training Fleet (2nd half)

You know, Yukari Miyake the singer in the Yokosuka Band joined the Training Squadron 2019 and visited 13 ports of 11 nations around the Pacific Ocean las year. I posted an article titled "Itinerary record of Yukari Miyake @Training Fleet (…

Itinerary record of Yukari Miyake @Training Fleet (1st half)

As I mentioned in earlier articles, Yukari Miyake, a vocalist of JMSDF and has been assigned to the Tokyo Band for a decade, reassigned to Yokosuka Band in March this year and was ordered in May to join the Band attached to the Overseas Tr…

Akari Iwata - Cool Bassist in the Tokyo Band

So far, I have written some 10 articles in English, focusing on Yukari Miyake and it seems that they gather access from abroad as I expected. From now on, I would like to introduce also other members of Tokyo Band occasionally. As you know…

Yukari Miyake is on her way to you guys!

In last article I wrote that Yukari Miyake probably has joined the fleet band attached to the Training Squadron 2019. retcapt1501.hatenablog.com Last Tuesday, there carried out the departure ceremony for the squadron at the Yokosuka Base o…

Surprise after surprise!

In last article I wrote it as a really big surprise that Yukari Miyake turned out to have been transferred to Yokosuka Band this March. Mariko Nakagawa was assigned as a successor to Yukari Miyake, and Miyake took place of her. retcapt1501…

Guess what the surprise Divas gave us was like!

On wednesday 8th and thursday 9th this month (May 2019), there held the lunchtime concerts by the Tokyo Band at open squares in Akasaka and Shinjuku. These concerts are annually held on wednesday and thursday in a row usually in September.…

What the Tokyo Band is like 〜 History & Profile

In the English articles of this blog, I mainly write about Yukari Miyake, but I did not introduce about the Tokyo Band to which she belongs, so this time, I would like to write about it. Though Tokyo Band is one of the six bands of Maritim…

Yukari Miyake sings "Umi no Sakimori (The Guardians at Sea)" on a TV program

Recently, Yukari Miyake appeared on a TV program that was in the first time in a while. I think that she last appeared on TV was a Fuji TV New Year program aired on January 1, 2016. On 9th Feb. 2019, Yukari Miyake appeared on a Broadcast S…

Yukari Miyake shows her true character

So far, I have introduced some of Yukari Miyake with several English articles, so I think you understood that the range of repertoire of her singing is very wide from opera to barracks ballad. That's because one of the missions of the Toky…

Yukari Miyake singing in the Marching Festival 2018

On 22nd Nov. 2018, I visited the "Budokan" to see the 3rd performance of Self-Defense Force Marching Festival 2018. This festival is one of the traditional events of the SDF with decades of history and is very popular. So tickets for this …

Mariko Nakagawa singing at the rehearsal of the Marching Festival 2018

This time, I would like to introduce Mariko Nakagawa, another singer of the Maritime Self Defense Force, other than Yukari Miyake. She is a talented singer who graduated from the Aichi Prefectural University of the Arts Vocal Music course …

Yukari Miyake recently

Several months ago I posted the first article written in english in which I described the story how Yukari Miyake became the singer in the Tokyo Band of Japanese Navy. Fortunately, it seems that many peopole have read it from abroad and ar…

All eyes on her awesome performances!

【Updated 9 Feb. 2020】 〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜〜 At the top of this page is a picture of a pretty singer dressed in military uniform. Have you ever seen her face or enjoyed her singing? Y…