The album has its foundation in a minimal, dub-style approach, yet a central thread of stories told like haiku poems with simple conclusions runs throughout.

Produced by Yasuaki Shimizu, Aki Ikuta
Composed by Yasuaki Shimizu, Hozumi Tanaka (8)

Yasuaki Shimizu: vocals, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, drums, percussion
Aki Ikuta: guitar (7), contrabass (6), trap drum, contrabass drum, chanchiki, percussion (1, 2, 8)
Hideo Yamaki: drums (1, 2, 8)
Morio watanabe : bass (1, 2, 7, 8), engawa, bells (8)
Takayuki Hijikata: guitar (1)
Masanori Sasaji: marimba (1)
Dompei Kanezaki: trumpet (1, 8)
Johnny: Frenchman, Irishman (1)
Koji Yamaguchi: French horn (1)
Mitsuru Orikasa: violoncello (1)
Tomio Yajima: violoncello (2)

Recorded/mixed by Seigen Ono at Nippon Columbia (Tokyo)




YS notes
In the liner notes for the 1992 reissue of this album Soichiro Suzuki wrote, "the Yasuaki Shimizu we know today starts here." (Very true.)