Woods" Kazumi Watanabe – Alembic guitar solo on "Thousand Knives" and "The End of Asia", rhythm on "The End of Asia" Yūji Takahashi – piano on "Grasshoppers" Tatsuro Yamashita – castanets on "Das Neue Japanische Elektronische Volkslied" Pecker – Syn-Drum solo on "Plastic Bamboo" Akira Ikuta – management Hikaru Hayashi – liner notes Yukihiro Takahashi – fashion coordination (jacket by Giorgio Armani; shirt, tie and belt by Bricks; Levi's 501 Jeans; shoes – "Zapata" by Manolo Blahnik) Makoto Iida – cover photo Satoshi "Sign" Saitoh – cover design Mr. Kawaguchi, Mr. Ueno & the staff of "KORG" – special thanks (for their great cooperation) References External links 1978 albums Ryuichi Sakamoto albums Nippon Columbia albums