The Greek Irish...Koizumi Yakumo, The made ​​known to the Afro-American music...in the USA!!!!

Born on the Greek island of Lefkas (Lefkada) of a Greek mother and an Irish father, he spent the last 14 years of his life in Japan writing about the country and its people.  His work is a bridge of understanding between Japan and the West. 

Lefcadio Hearn's story            The Blues by Lefcadio Hearn                         Hearn's Virtual iDiary