In 1994, Susumu Hirasawa got the suggestion to try a Pink Floyd-like sound for his next solo album from his neighbor, Doll Magazine editor-in-chief Mikio Moriwaki.

His original plan was to make a '90s version of The Dark Side of the Moon,[1] which would cover similar ground to Virtual Rabbit.

[2] Sometime afterward, he came up with the idea of the World Inspection Tour (万国点検隊, Bankoku Tenken Tai), a role-playing game held in an overseas country for members of his official fan club Hirasawa Bypass.

[2] He had no idea what to expect and had something like the Vietnam War in mind, but on that night he attended a show at the Simon Cabaret, performed by a cast consisting entirely of the country's Kathoey people, and that was formative on his impression of Thai culture.

[3] The cultural shock experienced with these trips affected Hirasawa profoundly, and he took to composing, writing and recording in the Thai capital.