Yasutaka Nakata composes bullet train departure melody

Yasutaka Nakata composes bullet train departure melody

Musician Yasutaka Nakata (R), a member of the electronic music duo CAPSULE and producer of the female techno pop group Perfume, shakes hands with Kanazawa Mayor Yukiyoshi Yamano at the Kanazawa municipal government offices in Ishikawa Prefecture on Feb. 5, 2015. Nakata, who is from the city on the Sea of Japan coast, composed a train departure melody for a new shinkansen bullet train service at JR Kanazawa Station at the municipal government's request. The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line connecting Kanazawa with Nagano, central Japan will start operation on March 14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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