{"id":4094,"date":"2016-05-13T20:03:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T11:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=4094"},"modified":"2016-05-13T20:03:17","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T11:03:17","slug":"looking-forward-to-continued-connections-by-kosuke-urushikubo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20160513_4094.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Looking Forward to Continued Connections&#8221; by Kosuke Urushikubo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='wp_social_bookmarking_light'>        <div class=\"wsbl_facebook_like\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20160513_4094.html\" layout=\"button_count\" action=\"recommend\" width=\"100\" share=\"false\" show_faces=\"false\" ><\/fb:like><\/div>        <div class=\"wsbl_twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20160513_4094.html\" data-text=\"&#8220;Looking Forward to Continued Connections&#8221; by Kosuke Urushikubo\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<br class='wp_social_bookmarking_light_clear' \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Kodo Debut Performance in Singapore Today<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_7212.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_7212-340x226.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Kosuke Urushikubo\" width=\"320\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_7172.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_7172-340x226.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Kosuke Urushikubo\" width=\"320\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><br \/>\nHello, everyone! How are you? I&#8217;m in Singapore right now with a select Kodo ensemble. We will\u00a0perform tonight at the opening of &#8220;Super Japan,&#8221; a festival commemorating 50 years of diplomatic relations between Singapore and Japan. (The photo above is from our rehearsal.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9670 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/kosuke20160513-340x231.jpg\" alt=\"Photos: Kosuke Urushikubo\" width=\"340\" height=\"231\" \/><br \/>\nWe will perform tonight full of hope\u00a0that the relationship between our two countries will continue for many years to come. This event will mark Kodo&#8217;s debut\u00a0performance in Singapore. We are so happy to have the opportunity to take part in this celebration.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_7057.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_7057-340x226.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Kosuke Urushikubo\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_7208-f-340x226.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_7208-f-340x226.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Kosuke Urushikubo\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>At the opening event, we will perform with a local taiko group called Hibikiya. We are thoroughly enjoying our time with them. We also hope that Kodo &amp; Hibikiya&#8217;s relationship will continue for many years to come!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9664 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_7081-e1463109579541-340x511.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7081\" width=\"340\" height=\"511\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We\u00a0will do our\u00a0very best\u00a0on stage tonight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/member\/kosukeurushikubo_ja.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6839 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/kosukeurushikubo_s.jpg\" alt=\"kosukeurushikubo_s\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"color: #223399;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"color: #223399;\">Super Japan: KODO x HIBIKIYA<\/h2>\n<h4>May 13 (Fri), 2016 Esplanade- Theatres on the Bay, Singapore<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/news\/20160513singapore_en.html\">http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/news\/20160513singapore_en.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Appearing:Kodo (<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #cc6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/member\/yoshikazu_en.html\">Yoshikazu Fujimoto<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #cc6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/member\/chieko_en.html\">Chieko Kojima<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #cc6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/member\/motofumi_en.html\">Motofumi Yamaguchi<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #cc6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/member\/eiichi_en.html\">Eiichi Saito<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #cc6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/member\/tomohiro_en.html\">Tomohiro Mitome<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; color: #cc6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/member\/kosukeurushikubo_en.html\">Kosuke Urushikubo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/member\/isseikohira_en.html\">Issei Kohira<\/a>), Hibikiya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kodo Debut Performance in Singapore Today Hello, everyone! 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We are thoroughly enjoying our &#8230; <a class=\"more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20160513_4094.html\">\u25b6\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[55,247,114,246],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4094"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4094"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4097,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4094\/revisions\/4097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}