Acht Brücken (EIGHT BRIDGES) is a contemporary international music festival held annually in the German city of Cologne. The 2019 event saw concerts and performances held over two weeks at locations throughout Cologne under the theme “Großstadt Polyphonie” (“Urban Polyphony”). Under invitation from festival organizers, TRAVEL MUSICA (Rie Takeuchi, Saki Tobayama, Noriaki Mori, Yuka Yamazaki, Rie Watanabe, Daniel Agi, Carl Rosman, Dirk Rothburst), a group that performs and archives pieces by the late Yuya Honda, a unique composer who died young, appeared at two all-day free music events: Acht Brücken Freihafen (“Free Harbour”) on May 1, and Acht Brücken Lunch on May 4. Together with Youth Brass Band YBB NRW, the group also paraded through the streets performing works by Honda which blend Japanese and Eastern European popular and contemporary music in unique ways. Other events included the world premiere of the new work by composer Yosuke Nomoto during a concert held in a church, and related events such as a lecture by Takinojo Mochizuki, “Traditional Japanese Musical Instruments,” and a composition workshop for children.