This is the first in the concept album "Europe Trilogy" by collaboration with Yasui Kazumi.
His fifth solo album was released in 1979. It was a stylish work that included the pre-release single "AROUND THE WORLD/GEORGETOWN."
The first album released since the transfer, a concept album themed on the life of Ernest Hemingway. Rei Ohara, Yukihiro Takahashi, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Kenji Omura participated in the recording of this work.