2026年9月29日（火）に愛知県名古屋市中村区で開催を予定しておりました「豊臣ミュージアム公式コラボ｜サックス侍 ナイトライブ」は、天候不良（雨天）のため、主催者様のご判断により開催中止が決定いたしました。 18:30からのサックス侍のステージも中止となります。あわせて、17:00からの大河ドラマ館の無料開放も実施されません。楽しみにお待ちいただいていた皆様、誠に申し訳ございません。 中止となる […]
Saxophone Samurai is starting a new initiative as a small step towards improving civic pride, which is one of the challenges facing Nagoya tourism. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ■ Challenges for Nagoya Tourism ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ It is often said about Nagoya: "Is there anywhere to sightsee in Nagoya?" "It's not really a city worth going out of your way to visit." "It lacks charm." But is that really true? Nagoya has a food culture that is rich even by national standards, historical [...]
Atsuta nagAya was listed on the live schedule for 1st July, but this is an error. We sincerely apologise. As extreme heat is expected, live performances at Atsuta nagAya will be suspended from July to September. Thank you for your understanding. Also, as 1st November is a Sunday, we plan to reschedule the event to a weekday. Regular events are scheduled for October and December.
Thank you very much for your continued warm support for Sax Samurai. Please be advised that the selection period for performance requests has been changed as follows: ■ Details of Change Previous: Selection made "2 months" prior to the scheduled performance date Future: Selection made "3 months" prior to the scheduled performance date ■ Reason and Background for the Change We currently receive a large number of performance requests, and particularly for popular dates, we frequently have multiple requests overlapping. Up until now, selections were made "2 months" prior […]
Due to programme reasons, Saxophone Samurai's performance time has been reduced to 10 minutes at the event in Nishiwaki City, Hyogo Prefecture, scheduled for 10 Aug. We are very sorry. We understand that some of you will be coming from far away, so instead we would like to hold a two-shot photo session after the event, something we normally refuse to do. We are very sorry for this, but we would appreciate your understanding.
Thank you for your continued support. Thanks to your support, all requests for performances on weekends and public holidays in 2025 have been filled, so we will no longer be accepting requests for performances on weekends and public holidays this year. We are still accepting requests for weekdays, but due to my day job, I will mainly be able to visit after work. We are still accepting requests for performances on weekdays, but due to my day job, I would like to focus on what I can do after work.
Saxe Samurai takes a big step towards making Nagoya a “human tourism destination”! We are pleased to announce that we have become a registered operator of the city of Nagoya's next-generation tourism project, Wellness Tile Nagoya! Wellness Tile Nagoya is a new initiative to evolve tourism in Nagoya. The Wellness Tile Nagoya is a new initiative to evolve tourism in Nagoya. The project combines “wellness” (mental and physical health) and “tourism” to communicate the attractions of Nagoya in a deeper and more emotional way. Saxophone Samurai is a project that aims to promote Nagoya's attractions in a deeper and more heartfelt way through "wellness experiences that heal the mind through performance".
I am terribly sorry to have to ask you this awkward favour. When I perform live, I sometimes receive physical gifts and presents such as food, drinks, boxes of confectionery, kimono, and disposable body warmers. I am deeply touched by your kindness and very grateful, but because my cases and bags are already packed to the brim with instruments and equipment, I have no room to carry anything extra while travelling. In some cases, I even have to ship the items I receive to my home by courier before heading back. It pains me greatly to say this, but I must ask you to refrain from giving physical gifts of any size [...]
Postscript - September 2026: This article was originally published in 2021. The current situation, legal actions taken to date, and official statements are organised on the following page: Regarding misinformation, defamation, and legal action concerning Saxophone Samurai. Annoying false rumours are being spread about me. As these are "completely false", please ensure you are not deceived. "The performances by Saxophone Samurai are so disruptive that a civic opposition movement has arisen within Nagoya City." Like this [...]
I have passed the final audition for the Nagoya City official street artist scheme, "Nagoya Pop-Up Artist". This is thanks to everyone's daily support. Thank you as always. The licence period begins on 1st October 2021, and from now on I will also be active as an official Nagoya City street saxophone player. I look forward to your continued support. Nagoya Pop-Up Artist