Sup-Sapporo: Dosanko Life - Dane Fujiwara of Ei Nei

Published: Dec. 17, 2020, 8:47 a.m.

In this episode - Dane Fujiwara of Ei Nei, Dane joins us and talks about his music career and his experiences in Japan. He talks about his first trip to Japan and gives us some insight on how the crowds differ between the Japanese people, mainland U.S. and Hawaii. He talks about his group Ei Nei and conveys how fortunate he feels to have met them and gig with them. He talks about how he got into music, his inspirations and being mentored by local legends. I find out that Dane is the same age as me and might know a mutual friend who went to the same High School as him and also gigs around Hawaii. Of course Dane knows Shay, and we talk about how attitude opens up opportunity for work as a musician. We then get back to Japan and talk about how we first met while they were gigging here in Sapporo. We do our "This or That" segment and we get more into Japanese culture, Japanese food, things he saw while visiting Japan, etc. After the this or that segment we are about to part ways, but get side tracked by as little Corona Virus discussions. After we talk about Covid-19 for a bit, we finally end it.