🇯🇵 The Kyoto Connection - Japan Tour '25: A Dream 20 Years in the Making!
After nearly two decades of creating music inspired by this incredible country, we’re finally visiting the land that has fueled our art!
A dream made possible thanks to 400+ supporters from around the world who have donated to our project since 2008! Thank you!
Our tour includes:
✅ Recording soundscapes for future albums.
✅ Meetups with friends, artists and creative collaborations.
✅ A music video in Kyoto.
✅ Sharing our experiences as independent musicians and our creative philosophy with everyone we meet.
But we still need your help!
🙋🏻♂️ If you’re in Japan: Connect with us! Guide us in your city, introduce us to local organizations, or join the journey. Do you know someone who might be interested in our story? Let’s get in touch!
💵 Support us financially to help cover the costs of this tour and our creative work. With your donation you’ll get our entire discography as a gift.
✅ Share travel tips: Must-visit spots, hidden gems, and advice are all welcome—we really value your input!
🎉 Next year, we celebrate 20 years of The Kyoto Connection, and this tour will be the ultimate way to honor that milestone. Our adventure begins April 6, 2025, and we’ll be touring Japan for 45 days!
Thank you for helping us make this lifelong dream come true!
#TheKyotoConnection #JapanTour25
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Check out our new song "The road to Kyoto", a tribute to the soundtrack of 80s martial arts movies!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1JFu...
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Just finished recording our next live video from the studio… 🌸🗻⛩
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Nov 11 marks our 15th anniversary creating Japanese-inspired music of many different genres and styles.
This year we will celebrate this milestone with a new album called “1982” full of energy and Japanese inspiration. Hope you’ll like it! Stay tuned!
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Today is a good day to thank you for all the love and support you give to us.
Creating japanese-inspired music is wonderful, but sharing it with you is the best part. Thank you!
🙏 ❤️ ⛩️ 😀
facü, je and rō
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So happy to announce that our new album, "1982", has an official release date ⛩️ ❤️ 🌊 🙏
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Introducing... THE KYOTO CONNECTION RADIO!!
A carefully-selected curation of the best Japanese Ambient / Environmental / Instrumental music.
NOW STREAMING! Tune in at thekyotoconnection.com/radio
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The Guestbook on our Website is still empty! Would you like to come by and leave a message for us? 😀❤️🙏
www.thekyotoconnection.com/guestbook/
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Our new album "Kokoro" is out! Hope you enjoy this new selection of japanese-inspired tracks! Download this album for free from www.thekyotoconnection.com/
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Today we’re launching our new website. Since the raise of social networks, personal home pages have been in decline, with many people thinking that the Internet is just Facebook, Instagram or Youtube.
Social networks gave us a lot of tools to communicate, cooperate and co-create, and that’s great BUT they also stole from us the freedom, creativity and flexibility that was so common in the old days of the world-wide web.
Today, we’re reclaiming that freedom and creativity. So, we’re launching a website that will be the hub of all our activities from now on. We’re not going to stop using social media, you’ll always find something from us at Instagram, Facebook or Youtube. But here we’re creating something more meaningful to us. Here we are going to tell you our story, our mission to Kyoto, the backstage of studio, the story behind many of our tracks and so much more. Feel free to wander around and sign our guestbook so we know that you’ve been here!
BTW this website is hosted on our own webserver (called “Alternarama“, a Raspberry Pi 4 running Ubuntu Server) in our studio. So, by visiting this website you are basically entering our own studio 🙂 Be welcomed and enjoy!
HTTP://WWW.THEKYOTOCONNECTION.COM
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Emerging from a fascination with Japan’s timeless spirit, The Kyoto Connection blends electronic ambient textures, delicate melodies, and evocative soundscapes into immersive musical journeys. For over 20 years, it has explored the meeting point between East and West, weaving vintage synthesizers, field recordings, and traditional influences into compositions that feel both intimate and cinematic.
Rooted in the emotions, colors, and philosophies of Japanese culture, the project has released 16 albums that have reached millions of listeners worldwide. From Kyoto’s quiet temples to Okinawa’s sunlit shores, each work offers a journey through atmospheres where time seems to slow and contemplation takes center stage.
Recognized for its ability to merge cultural heritage with contemporary sound design, The Kyoto Connection has become a unique voice in the global ambient scene — an invitation to travel inward through music.