In 2 days we are going live – for our 3rd “Heavy Metal Church” event. We really thank you for your support. With help from a lot of friends, we can pursue our dream for “Heavy Metal Church Japan”. We hope we can do this every week. But …
[Crossroads and Heaven on Earth] (casual essay / journal) I sometimes wonder what it really means to “go to heaven.” I’ve always liked the phrase “heaven on earth.” And I really like the idea of manifesting God’s kingdom here on this earth. In the most famous Christian prayer, “The …
“Our dream is to build a heavy metal church in Japan!” Teaming up with friends, this is our 3rd event for “Heavy Metal Church Japan”. And there will be a livestream!😀📡📶♫ “Heavy Metal Church vol.3 Leviticus” October 11th from 5pm to 8pm Japan time Livestream from Asao Christ …
“I don’t believe in politics nor in religion. I only believe in Jesus Christ and His cross”. [I’m trying tell you the truth. This is the best I can do.] I don’t like politics. In today’s divided world, talking about politics feels exhausting. It only seems to bring …
Samurai Lesson: Kenshin meets Shinryu On May 30th 2025, just after Kenshin joined our band, we had some awesome moment. We visited Shinryu, our previous drummer and known as “Christian Samurai”, at his dojo in Tokyo. That’s when Kenshin, our new young drummer -19 years old at that point, …
New release alert!! (Well, technically it’s not a new release but this is still something). We have released something on our Patreon page. [New recording in progress] We have just released the “demo recording” of our new EP. It is now posted on our Patreon page. Here https://www.patreon.com/imaritones …
(This is posted on our social media page in earlier this month – celebrating August 31st – our anniviersary and Marie’s birthday.) We keep celebrating! Because this year marks our “30 Years of Love” anniversary! 💕 Sorry for another “personal” post, but as you know, love is the …
Is this our official band photo for now? “We are Imari Tones, the Christian metal band from Japan. Now let us repent~!!!” (Posing together) Yes, we will have a proper photo session when needed but for now this is the picture that tells everything about us!😆
We had the best ever birthday party!!! Thank you for all the support we received for our first show with Kenshin. We celebrated his 20th birthday and rocked together. Even though there was a little equipment issue with Marie’s bass rig, we received so much love. We declared …
I’ve been writing “message blogs” often lately. As usual, it was translated by Mr.GPT. I hope it’s correct…. well mostly. Human beings cannot live without believing in something. Even those who, like many modern Japanese, claim to be “non-religious,” in reality carry some kind of value system that …
