Holy rap! 'Funky' Japanese monk gets grannies in a spin

Japanese monk Tatsumi DJs for music fans at a venue in the forest near Nishihara village, Kumamoto prefecture. - AFP

TOKYO: At a remote temple in Japan cradled by a croissant-shaped mountain range, Akinobu Tatsumi leads a rare double life – as a Buddhist monk who preaches about DJ-ing.

The amateur enthusiast has been dabbling in hip hop since he was a teenager and makes clandestine recordings of his own ambient music while his temple, located in deepest Kyushu, western Japan, sleeps.