What better way to take a break from documenting my trip to Taiwan than to read about another Asian oldies lover's recent trip to Japan. Sheila is the New York-based editor of Cha Cha Charming (a global girl group site), a freelance writer and former intern at Sony Japan. She went back to Japan for a visit in April and attended a CD release party for the "Moodsville Presents Shouwa Dance Party" compilation (something I'd love to get my hands on).

As Sheila explains it,

Shouwa is technically the term for Emperor Hirohito's reign (1926-1989), but it is more commonly used as a reference to '60s-'70s Japan. The Shouwa era marked the introduction of kayoukyoku (Japanese popular songs), an umbrella term that covers '60s beat girls (Linda Yamamoto, Jun Mayuzumi), Group Sounds (The Tigers, The Carnabeats), and countless pop idols (Mieko Hirota, Ayumi Ishida). I'm a Shouwa girl- a little too obsessed with '60s Tokyo, which is why this dance party turned out to be one of the greatest nights of my life.

Looks like it was a hell of a party, featuring Pizzicato Five's Konishi, Moodsville Records' Hirabayashi, and Ballroom Records' Uchimon, who got naked (see photo).