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How to Recruit Band Members in Miyazaki, the Birthplace of Chihiro Onitsuka and Miki Imai
When people hear the name "Miyazaki Prefecture," many think of Phoenix Avenue, Aoshima Island, Seagaia, and Japan's highest sunshine duration. However, for musi...
How to Recruit Band Members in Saga, a Musical Prefecture Nurtured by NUMBER GIRL's Shuutoku Mukai and Karatsu
Saga Prefecture is a land of music with "quiet strength" within Kyushu. While it concedes the flashy fame to Fukuoka and Kagoshima, the fact that it has continu...
How to Recruit Band Members in Shimane, the Birthplace of Takeuchi Mariya and Omoinotake
Shimane Prefecture has a total population of approximately 632,000 people (2025 estimate), ranking among the lowest in Japan alongside Tottori Prefecture. Howev...
How to Find Band Members in Akita, the Birthplace of Yuu Takahashi and Jiro Ohma
Akita Prefecture has a population of 878,798 people (as of October 2025), with 292,587 concentrated in Akita City. Nationally, it is one of the prefectures expe...
How to Recruit Band Members in Yamanashi, the Birthplace of THE BOOM and Masahiko Shimura
Band member recruitment is the process of finding fellow musicians to handle each part—guitar, bass, drums, keyboard, and vocals—and making friends to make musi...
How to Recruit Band Members in Oita, the Hot Spring Prefecture That Produced go!go!vanillas and Toshiko Akiyoshi
When Oita Prefecture is discussed as a land of music, the first two keywords that come to mind are rock and roll and hot springs—seemingly unrelated at first gl...
How to Recruit Band Members in Iwate, Birthplace of Eiichi Otaki and Natsuko Hishoku
Iwate Prefecture has an area of 15,275 km², the second largest in Japan after Hokkaido. However, its population is approximately 1.11 million (2024 estimate), w...
Sakurajima and Amami Shima-uta, Takeshi Nagabuchi's Cry — Finding Band Members in Kagoshima
Kagoshima Prefecture is an exceptionally rare place that embraces "two distinct music spheres" under a single prefectural name, unlike any other prefecture in J...
A Sound Echoing for 1,300 Years in the Ancient Capital of Nara — Finding Band Members in a City of 1.32 Million
Playing music in Nara means standing right beside a lineage of sound that has continued for 1,300 years. The shōmyō (Buddhist chanting) of the Shunie ceremony t...
Reconstruction and Music Walking Together: Fukushima, a Musical Prefecture of 1.8 Million — Finding Band Members Now
Fukushima Prefecture has a population of approximately 1.8 million (2024 confirmed figures, ranked 18th nationally). The prefecture is neatly distributed across...
