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Çà et là du Japon (さ・え・ら ジャポン, Sa•e•ra Japon, transl. Here and There in Japan) is the thirteenth and final studio album by Japanese pop band Pizzicato Five. The album was released on January 1, 2001 by Readymade Records.[2] Like many of the band's later albums, Çà et là du Japon is set in a famous city of the world during a specific time of the year, in this case Tokyo in winter. Çà et là du Japon differs from other Pizzicato Five albums in that it features several guest vocalists and songwriters, and lead vocalist Maki Nomiya appears on only a few of its songs.[3]

Çà et là du Japon
Studio album by Pizzicato Five
Released	January 1, 2001 (2001-01-01)
Genre	Shibuya-kei
Length	61:38
Label	Readymade
Producer	Yasuharu Konishi
Pizzicato Five chronology
24 Decembre (2000) Çà et là du Japon (2001) R.I.P.: Big Hits and Jet Lags 1998–2001 (2001)
Singles from Çà et là du Japon
"À Tokyo" Released: November 27, 2021[1]
Alternative cover
2006 reissue

Çà et là du Japon was reissued on March 31, 2006.[4]

Track listing

Notes

• "Gatta Call'em All!" is a re-recording of "Pokémon Ieru ka na?" (ポケモン言えるかな?), written by Akihito Toda and Hirokazu Tanaka and originally performed by Imakuni? and Raymond Johnson.

Personnel

Additional musicians

• Takashi Nagazumi – vocals on "1 Janvier"
• Shigeru Matsuzaki – vocals on "Nonstop to Tokyo" and "À Tokyo"
• Izumi Yukimura – vocals on "Sakura Sakura" and "In America"
• Masumi Arichika – vocals on "Kimono"
• Sparks – vocals on "Kimono"
• Scott Addison – vocals on "Fashion People"
• Ben Human – vocals on "Fashion People"
• Duke Aces – vocals on "In America"
• Imakuni? – vocals on "Gatta Call'em All!"
• Raymond Johnson – vocals on "Gatta Call'em All!"
• Hiroko Ohashi – vocals on "Gatta Call'em All!"
• Pokémon Kids – vocals on "Gatta Call'em All!"
• Yossie – vocals on "Gatta Call'em All!"
• Rocketman – vocals on "24 Decembre"
• Ronnie – vocals on "24 Decembre"
• Ken Yokoyama – vocals on "Sukiyaki Song"
• You the Rock – vocals on "À Tokyo"
• Bertrand Burgalat – vocals on "Çà et là"
• Clémentine – vocals on "Aiueo"

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5]	44

References

External links

• Çà et là du Japon at Discogs (list of releases)

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