{"id":2287,"date":"2014-12-01T09:47:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T00:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=2287"},"modified":"2014-12-01T09:47:55","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T00:47:55","slug":"this-years-wonderful-nanako-matsuri-by-michiko-chida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/staff\/20141201_2287.html","title":{"rendered":"“This Year’s Wonderful ‘Nanako Matsuri'” by Michiko Chida"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Nanako Matsuri” This Year in Otsuchi, Iwate<\/h2>\n

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Photo from Dec. 2013\u00a0“Nanako Matsuri – Fuyu no Jin”<\/a>
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In December last year, a small Kodo cast\u00a0took part in a special festival, “Nanako Matsuri.” I remember this “homemade” festival vividly: the wonderful local performing arts from Tohoku’s coastal regions, the passion of the performers, and the enthusiasm of the locals who wholeheartedly looked forward to seeing them. This festival cleansed my soul and gave me a lovely sense of peace.<\/p>\n

This year’s festival, “Nanako Matsuri – Hana no Jin” will be held at Sanriku Hana Hotel Hamagiku, Otsuchi, Iwate on December 21 (Sun) from 11:00 am. It will be packed with wonderful performances, but\u00a0Kodo will not appear this time! We hope you can go along all the same!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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“Nanako Matsuri” Concert Flier (in Japanese)<\/a><\/p>\n

The Tohoku area is a vast treasure trove\u00a0of traditional performing arts.<\/p>\n

This festival is planned and presented by\u00a0Nanako & Masayuki Sasayama, whose home is a performance venue for the local kagura<\/span> (sacred Shinto dance & music), and\u00a0folk art professor Hiroyuki Hashimoto. They believe that the folk performing arts in everyone’s hearts will lead the way to the area’s recovery from this natural disaster.<\/p>\n

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“Nanako Matsuri” is a great festival because you can see an array of performances and it gives you the chance to meet and talk to the members of the various performance groups who uphold their local traditional arts. This year, the day before the festival has been set aside for exchange, so come along on Dec. 20th to interact with the locals.<\/p>\n

Just by\u00a0going to the disaster area, meeting people there, and watching their performing arts, it really cheers the locals on and supports the area’s recovery.\u00a0We hope you will show your interest and support by going along to “Nanako Matsuri” this year.<\/p>\n


\nPlease note that Kodo will not appear at this year’s\u00a0festival.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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