Tour of Yamaha Ginza: Musician's Paradise in Tokyo, Japan

[@Felven]

Thank you for sharing this fantastic tour!

[@PeiwenTanbassoon821]

Mami cameo! The high tech "life performance" was super cool 🤯 Also love the instruments made from reclaimed wood

[@Harregarre]

It's sad how many stores are disappearing with many people buying online. I'm trying to purchase more of my stuff at stores instead of online, in order to help them keep their doors open. It's much nicer to look through sheet music and try pianos out in a big store like this, rather than gambling it on an online purchase. I remember we used to have 4 or 5 toy stores here in our relatively small city, and now there's only 1 left. This is the second video I've seen of a huge Japanese store focusing on once concept. Really seems great to spend the day there.

[@AkiraIkegamiChannel]

I totally agree. Online shopping is great, but sometimes we just want to actually see the product and choose. The night before this recording, I realized I left a tiny part of my tripod back in America, which made it totally useless. I freaked out, but luckily in Tokyo, there are electronic store versions of this everywhere. So I could stop by one and get a new tripod and use it for this recording. It was so nice to actually see what selection they have, actually touch and try, and get it right there. The store is smaller, but had much better selection of everything than Best Buy in America. I really miss excellent brick and mortal stores they have in Tokyo.

[@yogimew]

7:32 Sviatoslav Richter would be happy with this one. (CF4) Perhaps next time you could show us the their factory tour in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture.

[@georgemosier9029]

Cool! I will have to go there!

[@gautrstafr]

wow CF4 sounds so much better than C1!!! Also, very interesting to see the self-playin live people-less band! I would love to see how those things work in detail. Maybe some day. If I ever go to Tokyo, this would definitely be in my must visit list.

[@jwcjwc111]

So, is this what heaven is like. As far as the ability to distinguish one piano from another? I’m listening on a cell phone…they all sound the same.

[@AkiraIkegamiChannel]

Oh yes, it may sound pretty much same on cell phone speakers. Please try with better speakers when you get a chance. It made a huge difference on my Amazon computer speakers :)

[@yishihara55527]

@@AkiraIkegamiChannel やっぱ　響きが違うよな

[@yishihara55527]

The second piano is much more resonant. Of course you can't tell the difference listening through a potato.

[@cambodennis]

I love this place. I played some Yamaha digital pianos there last year. I would have been happy to buy one from there but Bic Camera was so much cheaper and included free delivery.

[@AkiraIkegamiChannel]

Bic Camera is amazing! I went to Bic Camera in Ginza to buy the tripod I needed for this video in the morning of recording, because I realized I didn't bring the necessary part for the tripod I brought from US the might before. They saved the day!

[@rasheedlewis1]

kewl

[@池上こずえ-u5j]

一番小さなピアノと一番お高いピアノ、音が全然違う！ やはりお一番高いピアノの音は澄んでいます😌

[@AkiraIkegamiChannel]

小さいピアノを弾いた後に一番お高いピアノを弾いたのですが、あまりにも違いすぎて何度もNGを出してしまいました :)

[@pilotdrift05]

The CF4 has much more clarity

[@ngmoling334]

Yamaha cf4 is so good ❤

[@PamelaSmith20010]

Great video!

[@AkiraIkegamiChannel]

Thank you, Pamela

[@みっちゃん-t8o]

YAMAHA銀座の紹介ビデオ楽しかったです。 音楽🎵好きだったら、一日中居ても飽きないで楽しめますよね。 ピアノの弾き比べ、やはりお高いピアノの方が一音一音の響きが綺麗ですよね。 KZbinだと、そこまでわかりませんが、生の音で体感してみたいですね😊

[@d35s2]

thanks. I have visited the super store in 2017. A pity that you did not show the fantastic acoustic Yamaha guitar collection, something I would be interested in, too much piano stuff, which I don´t care about. Amazing building!

[@AkiraIkegamiChannel]

They do have fantastic collection of all instruments, but I couldn't fit all of it in a video. I'm a pianist myself, so I can't help being piano-focused :)

[@CarlosAnglada]

Yamaha is such an underrated guitar manufacturer

[@ChuckHipolitho]

Hi Akira! Is that a place where you can actually buy or just a show room? Thank you for the tour!

[@AkiraIkegamiChannel]

You can buy pretty much anything about music there

[@acertainredburnygirl5265]

Aeugh, I want to try a grand piano so bad, but I'm to afraid to play in front of people 😫

[@ChuckHipolitho]

it is ok, don't worry, if you play with your hear they will love it

[@r1kerx]

hi, teacher!! back to us ,i miss your videos 😭please

[@AkiraIkegamiChannel]

Thank you. I'm slowly editing all the videos I shot in Japan. There is something that's slowing down my production right now, which you will find out in a future video, but I'll get back to making more videos in the future. Thank you for your patience!

[@ngmoling334]

​@@AkiraIkegamiChannel💝

[@yishihara55527]

8:27 "And you discuss business here"っていう英訳は文脈に合わないかと思います。B2Bのような表現じゃないですか。This is a meeting space for Yamaha sales staff and customers who are interested in purchasing a piano..などで良いじゃないですか

[@AkiraIkegamiChannel]

They are saying the same thing, except your suggestion sounds more academic. For this video, I translated original English into Japanese subtitle, and my Japanese is rusty, so it can be unnatural to Japanese audience. But I hope the point is conveyed. That's the most important thing.

[@yishihara55527]

@@AkiraIkegamiChannel Buddy...stop talking and start listening. I'm American. Simply admit that you were wrong and move on.

[@AkiraIkegamiChannel]

Sure, if that makes you feel better :)

[@ngmoling334]

My Piano Is YAMAHA

[@yishihara55527]

From my experience, music stores in Japan do not like it when non-Japanese enter.

[@AkiraIkegamiChannel]

At least from my experience interviewing people here, this place seemed to encourage everyone to experience what they offer. They also had English and Chinese speaking staff members. It seemed like there were as many foreigners as Japanese people in Ginza during my visit, so business landscape may be different here.

[@yishihara55527]

@@AkiraIkegamiChannel 正直　その業界では差別多いよな