SCHEDULE

STREAMING

COMING SOON

1/18(Tue)

Ami Ogaeri Trio

1/18(Tue)

Kyrie

1/19(Wed)

Yolcu-Yoldaş

1/19(Wed)

Mari Yamashita Quartet

1/20(Thu)

Gatos Meeting

1/20(Thu)

Katsuo Miyazaki Quartet

1/21(Fri)

Mikiko Nagatake Trio × Jabuticaba

1/21(Fri)

AAS

1/22(Sat)

Mitsuhiro Itagaki - LOVE IS BLUE

1/22(Sat)

Tamami Koyake Band

1/23(Sun)

Crystal Chant

1/23(Sun)

Utaoto - Sound of A Poem CD Release Concert

1/24(Mon)

ZEK!3

1/24(Mon)

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INTERVIEW

NEW YEAR SPECIAL 2022 Takeo Moriyama 3DAYS

Pit Inn. This is the stage I looked at more than 50 years ago, wishing with all my heart that one day I would be standing here. Dreaming of becoming a professional musician, I feverishly asked the performers to let me beat the drums. Overcome by my persistence, they asked me, “Do you want to play next?” What? Yes! “Please!” Without saying what the piece was, the saxophonist began to play. I tapped the cymbals, relying only on the four beats. One-two-three-four, one-two-three-four, one-two-three-four. No, it doesn’t work. Then, I hear a voice. “Stop it. Stop,” I heard someone say in a small voice. “Stop it, Stop.” Oh, that means I should stop hitting the cymbals? I finally understood what that meant. But I didn’t stop. When all was over, I regretted asking him to let me beat the drums. Turn back time to the beginning, I hoped, and let it be a dream. I had been miserable a lot in college and in the orchestra, so I knew how to comfort myself. “Everyone starts out like that. Everyone fails at first.” That’s how kids grow up. That’s right! I’m going to be a pro in the future. I was moved by my own thoughts even though the professional musicians were looking at me coldly then.

Two years later, I played drums at the packed Pit Inn. “Hey! I’m a self-proclaimed pro drummer now!” But it wasn’t as exciting as that day when I kept playing the drums even though they told me to stop. I wonder why. January 2022. My first live performance at Pit Inn in a long time. I was facing a group of outstanding professional musicians. I feel like I am going to have the same trouble breathing in a feverish state of mind as I did then. Yes! I have to come up with some excuse. “We all suck at first? Do I get better and better? Will I be a pro someday?” No, none of this is a good excuse. There will be no growth, no momentum. There is only aging, there is only decay. What excuse do I have? Probably, I shouldn’t act like a “pro”. Amateurs are better. I want to play like an amateur! Amateurs are awesome. All you have to do is enjoy yourself! It’s okay to play wrong! Starting this year, Takeo Moriyama will aim to be a “self-proclaimed amateur” musician and will stick to that goal!

– Takeo Moriyama

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INFORMATION

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Daytime

OPEN PM1:30
START PM2:00～PM4:30
1,300 yen + tax (one drink included)
minimum fee 2,500 yen + tax (Sat, Sun, Holidays)

Evening Show

OPEN PM7:00
START PM7:30
minimum fee 3,000 yen + tax (one drink included)

We accept reservations

Shinjuku Pit Inn
Reservations by Phone

Reservations by Phone:03-3354-2024

Reservations by email

Reservations by email

We accept reservations by phone, email, and via our website at the Shinjuku Pit Inn.
For the customers who make reservations by email, we will send a confirmation email of the reservation. If you have not received the confirmation email from us, please contact us at the Shinjuku Pit Inn. The advance ticket has a reference number for priority entrance (in the order of reservation).
Hours for ticket sales and reservations: 13:00 - 22:30 (The deadline for reservations and the change of the number of the ticket is 22:30 of the previous day.)

Guidance of rental hall

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Weekdays
80,000 yen + tax
Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
140,000 yen + tax
Fee includes PA system, lightings, piano rental. No drum set.
Option: plus 10,000 yen + tax for the use of a waiting room for Studio A of the Studio Pit Inn. This optional fee includes the rental fee of the drum set equipped in the Studio A. The drum set is also available for the use on stage.
For details, please contact us via email.

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