{"id":591,"date":"2014-05-03T13:22:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-03T04:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=591"},"modified":"2014-05-03T13:22:34","modified_gmt":"2014-05-03T04:22:34","slug":"preparing-for-one-hot-summer-by-mitsuru-ishizuka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20140503_591.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Preparing for One Hot Summer!&#8221; by Mitsuru Ishizuka"},"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\/20140503_591.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\/20140503_591.html\" data-text=\"&#8220;Preparing for One Hot Summer!&#8221; by Mitsuru Ishizuka\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<br class='wp_social_bookmarking_light_clear' \/>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Earth Celebration 2014 Rehearsals<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9287945efd6b37ddf99bfac52f96775a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1140\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9287945efd6b37ddf99bfac52f96775a-680x453.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 1px;\" width=\"1\" \/>\n<p>In April, Kodo welcomed this year&#8217;s Earth Celebration guest artists to Sado Island for rehearsals for the upcoming concerts in summer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/c06d6974a25ecfbc5de57720e58c352a.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/c06d6974a25ecfbc5de57720e58c352a-340x226.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/c02f448fa937681f60a74b4bdfae354e1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/c02f448fa937681f60a74b4bdfae354e1-340x226.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The rehearsals with &#8220;DAZZLE,&#8221; who bring a wonderful &amp; unique world of their own, and superhuman &#8220;BLUE TOKYO&#8221; were the best, and kept us all astonished from beginning to end!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/e0a27b16ea458797128c409d3284f687.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1143\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/e0a27b16ea458797128c409d3284f687-680x453.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/12e3db7258acd070f1b3094c1000ca08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/12e3db7258acd070f1b3094c1000ca08-340x226.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/447ddcc6b1b57ad897e176d1f49d50c5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/447ddcc6b1b57ad897e176d1f49d50c5-340x226.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25b2Rehearsals with DAZZLE<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/102b77956e86101489f0ee40f189a889.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1154\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/102b77956e86101489f0ee40f189a889-680x453.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/0f72fec18509ede76e52883690ab94f1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/0f72fec18509ede76e52883690ab94f1-340x510.jpg\" width=\"197\" height=\"295.2\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4df8bd71e905175b9e4c50d2f9c2d2ef.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/4df8bd71e905175b9e4c50d2f9c2d2ef-340x226.jpg\" width=\"444\" height=\"295.2\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u25b2 Rehearsals with BLUE TOKYO<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/9aef7f6beee0a7f46b96ed23b4ae3d5c-340x226.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/c77d1c8b9ae6df4c3d4274fa95309918-340x226.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1147\" alt=\"Photo: Takashi Okamoto\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/dad49040188723e32f00bf44673c76f2-680x453.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/h4>\n<hr style=\"width: 1px;\" width=\"1\" \/>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-620 alignleft\" alt=\"mitsuru_s\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/mitsuru_s.jpg\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>During our lunch break we played <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">kemari<\/span> (a Japanese ball game) and it was a great chance to get to know each other better. Our teamwork was spot on!<\/p>\n<p>We hope you&#8217;re getting excited about our performances together this summer!<\/p>\n<h5>(Photos: Takashi Okamoto)<\/h5>\n<hr style=\"width: 1px;\" width=\"1\" \/>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1118 alignleft\" alt=\"news20140822ec_ja\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/news20140822ec_ja-340x480.jpg\" width=\"122\" height=\"173\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/news\/20140822ec_en.html\" target=\"_blank\">Kodo Website | Earth Celebration 2014<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/ec\/en\" target=\"_blank\">Earth Celebration Official Website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earth Celebration 2014 Rehearsals In April, Kodo welcomed this year&#8217;s Earth Celebration guest artists to Sado Island for rehearsals for the upcoming concerts in summer. &nbsp; &nbsp; The rehearsals with &#8220;DAZZLE,&#8221; who bring a wonderful &amp; unique world of their own, and superhuman &#8220;BLUE TOKYO&#8221; were the best, and kept us all astonished from beginning to end! &nbsp; \u25b2Rehearsals with DAZZLE &nbsp; \u25b2 Rehearsals with BLUE TOKYO &nbsp; During our lunch break we played kemari (a Japanese ball game) and it was a great chance to get to know each other better. Our teamwork was spot on! We hope you&#8217;re getting excited about our performances together this summer! 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