Posts tagged Awa Odori
Settling into Life in Tokushima
Aug 15th
Although these past few weeks have been quite hectic, I feel like I’ve been settling nicely back into life in Tokushima. I’ve been making a countless number of trips to the furniture shops around Tokushima and trying to get things together for the August 22nd show that will film in less than a week. That being said, I’m really happy to be back and am quite enjoying my time here.
I took a trip to the Awa-Odori festival again this year and shot a short video. Take a look and let me know what you think!
Awa-Odori 2008
Aug 18th
Despite my ‘best efforts’ I’m afraid I didn’t post this past July. For the two or three of you who actually keep tabs on this blog, I’m sorry. I’ll have two posts for you this month! Needless to say, things have been quite busy these past few months. Come to think of it, things have been quite busy since last April.
That being said, this year’s Obon vacation was certainly a welcome one. Although I wasn’t able to dance this year, I had a really great time visiting the festival on the first a second evenings. The first evening I went out with three of my coworkers. We ate at a small, out of the way ‘izakaya’ and had a really nice dinner followed by dance… followed by drinking. It was really nice to actually be able to watch and experience the festival as an observer rather than a dancer. I must admit however that I did feel as though I should have made the extra effort to dance this summer. Definitely next year. I’ve updated the photo gallery with some pictures from those two nights; one night with the staff, and the other with Mari-chan.
I’ve also another post in the works regarding a three-day trip I took to visit a friend of mine in Tottori. I’ll have that post up as soon as I can muster the energy to reformat the pictures. I hope everyone is doing well!
One Year Ago
Aug 8th
One year ago today, I came to Japan and watched the Awa Odori. This year, in four days I’ll be dancing the same dance I was previously only and observer. I’ve one more day of work and then the next week off. Lots of time to practice and study. I’ll have lots of photos to post over the next week so be sure to check back often!
