Sunday, August 17, 2008

Yoyogi Koen

Koen is the Japanese word for Park (こえん), and today we went to Yoyogi Koen to take a look at the B-boy festival. On the way, we paused to look at the bands and the Elvis impersonators.

The bands set themselves up along the footpath just outside the park boundary. Because the park rules prohibit loud noises inside the park itself. No matter that they are so loud that you still hear them inside the park - they are following the rules by being outside.

The first band we came across was a rock (?) band with a huge bunch of female groupies. Click here to watch the video from YouTube (taken on my digital camera, so apologies for the quality):



The groupies were particularly amusing, dressed up in all sorts of things. I liked the girl dressed entirely in white on the right side of the screen, and the opposite in black on the left.

What made it more entertaining was when the two policemen on their bicycles wandered through the middle of the performance, and no-one batted an eyelid. They were followed by an older lady on her bike:



Ok, and for photos of the Elvis guys. They are not really trying to copy Elvis so much as some of his style (?!):




Elvis needs a car - preferrably a pink Cadillac


And just because we saw it, here is a picture of a dog pram, complete with two fluffy-looking animals.


There were bands of different styles, and there appeared to be a hierarchy in terms of location. The better ones were closer to the entrance of the park, with quality dropping as you carry on down the footpath. These guys were very close to the entrance, and were not bad.



They called themselves:

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