The Hip Hop Slam presents Positive Omen Japan Tour 2011 featuring DJ Quest, Mista B, DJ ALF, and DnZ with stops from Tokyo to Okinawa, which runs through August 15th, is officially underway and today features a concert at Dommune in Tokyo Japan. This benefit tour, to aid victims of Japan’s devastating 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami five months ago, will last a week with and include concerts, in-store appearances (including Manhattan Records in Osaka and Japonica in Kyoto), plus a showcase at the East Japan DMC Finals to be held Saturday (August 14th) in Tokyo’s Shibuya district.

Today’s show at Dommune is important because it sets the tone for this Positive Omen tour whose goal is, as the participants all stated, “to help those in Japan that have suffered in their difficult times of devastation as a benefit and inspiration. It’s also a tour that is meant to send Positive Omens with a Hip Hop Slam appeal to it.” This gesture on behalf of the four participating Hip-Hop Slam DJs is one of true sincerity since each has some ties to Japan and its people; either good friends living there or else they have lived in Japan themselves. For example DJ ALF lived in Okinawa, Japan until a few years ago while DnZ was living in Tokyo earlier this year. The tour, which runs through Sunday August 15th and will no doubt (due to demand) feature some last minute appearances and showcases, has a pretty hectic schedule lined up.

Each day this week through August 16th – the day after the DJs leave Japan to fly back to the US – there will be reviews and updates on the Hip-Hop Slam Positive Omen Japan Tour 2011 with reports and quotes (and photos and videos) from such participants as DJ ALF and DnZ and Japanese tour organizer Tomokuni Nishimura. Check back on the Hip Hop Slam blog over the next twelve hours for report on today’s Dommune show (NOTE these blogs are been updated EST, NY USA time)