Pizzicato Five and the Shibuya, Tokyo Scene (Digital Fanzine)
Details: This is a one-page, double-sided, fold-up 8-panel 8.5" x 11" fanzine with a secret crossword puzzle to solve on the back. Print it out at your leisure, and follow 30 (total) across, and down, clues related to the music and scene surrounding Japan's (and our) beloved band, Pizzicato Five. This is a digital download fanzine.
Are you an internet sleuth or a mad genius when it comes to all genres of music? Do you love the Shibuya scene of the '90s and 2000s? Let me try to stump you with some fun facts surrounding the Shibuya scene of that time, and bands, and artists related to the Pizzicato Five!
Super Clue! Please note: Japan has decided to change its surname conventions (in late 2019) to reflect their culture more fully and move away from Westernized surname conventions (in light of this and the puzzle, in some cases 'Family Name' comes first), please keep this in mind when solving certain clues (except in maybe the case of established stage names)!
Description: "Pizzicato Five was a Japanese pop band formed in Tokyo in 1979 by multi-instrumentalists Yasuharu Konishi and Keitarō Takanami. After some personnel changes in the late 1980s, the band gained international fame as a duo consisting of Konishi and vocalist Maki Nomiya." You can purchase the Pizzicato Five CD, Playboy & Playgirl, at our store via this link: