The Japan Timesのインスタグラム(thejapantimes) - 12月8日 18時16分

Many non-Japanese artists express an affinity for Japanese culture, whether that’s through traditional crafts, anime or aesthetics. For American pop singer Caroline Polachek, her kinship to Japan is more subliminal because, from the age of 1 through 7, Tokyo was her home.

Polachek even spoke Japanese during this time, having attended a local primary school for two years before her family relocated back to the United States. “(Growing up bilingual) really trains your ear for phonetics and sonics at a young age,” Polachek says via video chat from her label’s office in Shibuya, “especially in Japanese, which is such a delicious and beautiful language.”

@carolineplz spoke to The Japan Times ahead of her first-ever solo concert in Tokyo, which took place Nov. 30, and she said that between meetings and rehearsals, she has been exploring the city she once called home. Read more with the link in our bio.

📸: Kazumichi Kokei

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