{"id":748,"date":"2014-05-22T09:16:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T00:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=748"},"modified":"2014-05-22T09:16:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T00:16:28","slug":"finale-of-kodo-special-performances-on-sado-island-2014-spring-by-shunichiro-kamiya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20140522_748.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFinale of &#8216;Kodo Special Performances on Sado Island 2014: Spring&#8217;\u201d by Shunichiro Kamiya"},"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\/20140522_748.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\/20140522_748.html\" data-text=\"\u201cFinale of &#8216;Kodo Special Performances on Sado Island 2014: Spring&#8217;\u201d by Shunichiro Kamiya\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<br class='wp_social_bookmarking_light_clear' \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">May 6, 2014<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Finale of &#8220;Kodo Special Performances on Sado Island 2014: Spring&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_0904.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1395\" alt=\"Photo: Satoko Maeda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_0904-680x452.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_9347.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Satoko Maeda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_9347-340x226.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Satoko Maeda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_0357-340x226.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Kodo Special Performances began at the same time as Golden Week, our national holiday period, and many people came to see our performances every day, right up until the finale. This special concert featured the Kodo Distinguished Members, veteran members, my fellow junior members, and\u00a0Kodo apprentices. I have respected the senior members of Kodo for a long time, so being able to take the stage with them and cheer on the odaiko (big drum) performers is an experience I will treasure for the rest of my life.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_0580.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Satoko Maeda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_0580-340x226.jpg\" width=\"306\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Satoko Maeda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_0499-340x226.jpg\" width=\"306\" height=\"203\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>On the final day, I was filled with emotion and I could barely contain my tears. I will\u00a0play taiko harder every single day trying to follow in the footsteps of the veteran Kodo members.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Satoko Maeda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_0238-340x226.jpg\" width=\"306\" height=\"203\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" alt=\"Photo: Satoko Maeda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_0251-340x226.jpg\" width=\"306\" height=\"203\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>We are looking forward to seeing everyone again this fall!<br \/>\nI hope you will come and enjoy walking around the traditional, quaint village of Shukunegi and I really hope you will come to Shukunegi Community Hall to see the next series of Kodo Special Performances!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_0069-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1391\" alt=\"Photo: Satoko Maeda\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DSC_0069-2-680x452.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: right;\">Photos: Satoko Maeda<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/member\/shunichirokamiya_ja.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1400 alignright\" alt=\"shunichirokamiya\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/shunichirokamiya.jpg\" width=\"90\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 6, 2014 Finale of &#8220;Kodo Special Performances on Sado Island 2014: Spring&#8221; &nbsp; The Kodo Special Performances began at the same time as Golden Week, our national holiday period, and many people came to see our performances every day, right up until the finale. This special concert featured the Kodo Distinguished Members, veteran members, my fellow junior members, and\u00a0Kodo apprentices. I have respected the senior members of Kodo for a long time, so being able to take the stage with them and cheer on the odaiko (big drum) performers is an experience I will treasure for the rest of my life. On the final day, I was filled with &#8230; <a class=\"more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20140522_748.html\">\u25b6\u7d9a\u304d\u3092\u8aad\u3080<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[82,97],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":783,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748\/revisions\/783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}