My summer vacation 2 "Kochi trip vol.1"

Good morning!
The next is about Kochi trip with my friend!

I went to Kochi on August 9th to 15th.
My father's hometown is also Kochi, so I stayed in Kochi-city with my friend on August 9-10 and go to my father's hometown on August 11-15.
It was great!! I went to Kochi so many times but I rarely go to tourism spot. So maybe this is the first time I climbed the Kochi-castle.
There are many histrical spot in Kochi. I think this is one of the reason I like Kochi.
The most famous one is Sakamoto Ryoma. If you go to Kochi, you can see a lot of "Ryoma" !!

We visited many places and ate delicious Kochi food!

This is Harimaya-Bridge. It is famous as the three major "GAKKARI" spot in Japan.
And we also felt GAKKARI! haha...(better than we thought...!)

Katsura-beach(桂浜). Maybe Ryoma saw the same sight.

The Sasimi of bonito(鰹のたたき). It was so good!

The statue of Ryoma. It was bigger than I thought.

Shirasu-don. Goooood!


However, My true purpose of this trip is...Watch Yosakoi dance!
291 teams were participated this year. They danced through the street of everywhere in Kochi-city with beautiful costume and loud music. This is so big festival in Kochi.

This is my favorite team "Obiya-Machisuzi"↓↓

They all use big truck called "Zikata-sya(地方車)" to play music, and singer and music player on this truck.
I was sooooo excited to watch this team.

Japanese famous actress Ryoko Hirosue is from Kochi, and danced with this team every year.
She appeared 2nd days of this festival, so I wasn't able to watch her.
Actually, She wasn't danced this year. But she is so cute↓↓



Yosakoi festival is so exciting! I can't wait to see next Yosakoi festival !
I suggest you to see this festival one time !


Oooooh...so long...
But I want write more!so please check out my next blog also!

My summer vacation 1 "Volunteer work in Minami Sanriku"

Hey!
So long time no see...!
I was just...enjoy my summer vacation! haha...
I have a lot of things to write!



But first, I have to write about my volunteer work in Miyagi, Minami-Sanriku on August 1 to 4th.
I participated in the volunteer group called "Takarazuka Kibou-Ouentai". They wasn't the student group, so wide range of ages joined this group.

We took 15 hours to reach Minami- Sanriku, and worked 2days to eliminate a lot of garbage.
In Minami-Sanriku, There's nothing there.

Everythings are gone.

We tend to feel that disaster is end. But there wasn't.

It was far away from recovery. There were still a lot of garbage and debris.

Many volunteer people came from anywhere in Japan.

This is free meal(BBQ) for volunteer↓↓

They used Yonezawa beaf ! It was great!

They are so positive. I respect them.

I heared that they want more volumteer.

So If I will have time and chance, I try to go there again.

"Tetsu no Hoshizora"

Today, I went to see a play "Tetsu no Hoshizora". It was performed by Konan-Ichiza.

My friend is the director and script writer of this show. I think he did a good job!

Here is the introduction of this play↓

“A long time ago, the world was filled in a lot of lights.

But now,There is only night in this world.

After the sun was broken thousand years ago, so many shooting star falling from the sky.

Because of this shooting star, a mountain is shining and the river is like a milky way.

People lead their life by using this star lights.

However, something about to happen...”

I try to translate, but it was difficult! If you want to see the real one, please check this out here!

Their final show is going to perform tomorrow 13:00-.

If you have time, please go and see their play!

Hit and Run

Do you know "Miyuki Torii"? She is a Japanese comedian.
If you know, You may say that she is so crazy. Because her style, words, behavior, etc... everythings are seems so crazy.

However, I think she is so clever person.
If you listened to her words carefully, you can understand that each of her words has its own meanings.
And her show style is different from other Japanese comedian. Her show is like a play, and she is like an actress.

Sometimes, her show is little dangerous to TV broadcast because her show is so destructive and so violent.
So she does what she wants in live show. Her live show is more interesting than her TV show.
I have never been to her live show, but I really really want to go there.

Beautiful Sunday

Today, I went to Sanda to see hydrangea(Azisai).

I'm not interested in flower, but it was beautiful! I think blue one is good.
When I watching hydrangea, I was so surprised that a snake wriggled in front of me.



The rain is over, summer has come!
Recently, I try to make some plans for summer vacation.
Of cource I have no money and I have a lot of things to do, but I can handle it!

One of my plan is go to Kochi prefecture with my friend, with my family.
Kochi is special place for me. Where is my father's hometown and the most favorite place in Japan for me.
I can't wait to go there! ：)


In order to do that, I have to get through the final exam.
So busy!

All About Lily-Chou-Chou

"All About Lily Chou-Chou"

The movie is made by Shunji Iwai in 2001.
This is a story about difficulity of Japanese high school student.
And Lily Chou-Chou is a singer appeared in this movie. She is a only hope for the main character Shunichi.

The world of young people sometimes harder than adults.

I like the way of taking this movie such as a camera angle or location.
The music is also good. Lily Chou-Chou is a real singer "Salyu".
Her voice is match this movie's atomosphere.
It's not happy movie. But I think there is a reality of Japanese young people.

Revolutionists

Yesterday, I went to see a play "革命日記（Revolutionists）" with my friend.

It was performed by "Seinendan", and the script is written by Oriza Hirata.

My friend is huge fun of him, so he invite me to see this play.

The story is about a leftist movement in the present day.

They want to change everything, and plan to cause two terrorism at the same time.

I think his play was so interesting and unique. His play was like a daily life.

Actors didn't speak louder and they often show us their back.

I felt like that I watched the part of their daily life.