Tigran Hamasyan
Tigran Hamasyan recently came to Japan after a long time.
I attended his live performance for the first time, and there were around 500 enthusiastic fans at the venue.
Ryoji Arai
I went to Ryoji Arai’s exhibition.
https://www.yokosuka-moa.jp/archive/exhibition/2023/20230701-771.html
Mr. Arai is world-famous as a picture book author, but he is also active in many fields as an artist.
It was a nice museum with a view of the ocean.
荒井良二
我参观了荒井良二的展览。
https://www.yokosuka-moa.jp/archive/exhibition/2023/20230701-771.html
荒井先生作为图画书作家而闻名，同时作为艺术家活跃在各个领域。
这是一个不错的博物馆，可以看到大海。
KAMIYAMA educational institute
I went to a new high school that opened this year.
It is 1 hour by car from Tokushima Airport.
The high school is located in rich nature.
(There is no English site yet, but I think it will be created in the future)
夏末
不是四个季节，而是“五个”季节。
春天、夏天、夏末、秋天、冬天…
我有一段时间第一次来看海了。
End of Summer
Not four seasons, but “five”seasona.
Sprng, summer, late summer, autumn, winter…
I came to see the sea for the first time in a while.
Life’s Station
I read the novel “Life’s Station “.
It shook my feeling so much that I burst into tears on the bullet train.
They released a movie based on this book but I am not sure if I can handle it…;,(
Japanese link-> https://teisha-ba.jp/
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
I watched a movie about Fred Rogers called “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.”
https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/abeautifuldayintheneighborhood
He passed away back in 2003.
I wanted to know why he is still well respected in America. I was hoping that the movie would tell me more about his achievements, but half of the story was about his family conflict.
When it got to the scene which he got on the New York subway and the passengers sang the theme song of his show, it was very touching even for someone like me who knew very little about him.
1 years later…
Exactly 1 year ago, I was at the final game of Rugby World Cup 2019 in Yokohama, Japan.
At the half-time show, a crowd of 70,000 people at the stadium sang “Country Road” together.
Back then, there was no coronavirus threat. The loneliness and nostalgia that we won’t be able to celebrate that kind of event anymore give me mixed emotions.
It really is like “Remember that time…?” from the lyrics of “Era” by Miyuki Nakajima.