{"id":4543,"date":"2017-01-31T14:11:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T05:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/?p=4543"},"modified":"2017-01-31T14:25:35","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T05:25:35","slug":"usa-tour-opening-night-in-yakima-by-hayato-otsuka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20170131_4543.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;USA Tour Opening Night in Yakima&#8221; by Hayato Otsuka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='wp_social_bookmarking_light'>        <div class=\"wsbl_facebook_like\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20170131_4543.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=\"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20170131_4543.html\" data-text=\"&#8220;USA Tour Opening Night in Yakima&#8221; by Hayato Otsuka\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<br class='wp_social_bookmarking_light_clear' \/>\n<p>Jan. 29, 2017<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11900\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/8bb18181d981f48d75ffd85e966ab268.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11900\" class=\"wp-image-11900 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/8bb18181d981f48d75ffd85e966ab268-340x453.jpg\" alt=\"\u9014\u4e2d\u306e\u30b9\u30ad\u30fc\u5834\uff0fPhoto: Hayato Otsuka\" width=\"340\" height=\"453\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A ski field I saw from the bus<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After the plane trip from Japan to the USA, the moment I arrived in Yakima felt like a baptism of sorts. I was plunged into a sub-zero world and I felt my body and soul flinch in the cold.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11898\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/dd0ed111863dc2a584c1a10c46de5d36.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11898\" class=\"wp-image-11898 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/dd0ed111863dc2a584c1a10c46de5d36-340x469.jpg\" alt=\"\u30e4\u30ad\u30de\u306e\u8857\u4e26\u307f\uff0fPhoto: Hayato Otsuka\" width=\"340\" height=\"469\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Out and about in Yakima<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While it was freezing outside, all the locals were very kind and I felt their warmth through our interactions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11897\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/a79111a6d662741609520bfa455c18de.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11897\" class=\"wp-image-11897 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/a79111a6d662741609520bfa455c18de-340x255.jpg\" alt=\"\u30a2\u30f3\u30d1\u30c3\u30ad\u30f3\u30b0\u306e\u69d8\u5b50\uff0fPhoto: Hayato Otsuka\" width=\"340\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unpacking and setting up our taiko<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On and off stage, I truly felt firsthand that while we may live in different countries and have different cultures, all we need is the desire to share with one another for our hearts to communicate.<\/p>\n<p>During our performance, we were uplifted by powerful applause, cheers, and whistles from the audience, and naturally we responded to each moment of &#8220;communication&#8221; with passion in each beat of our performance!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11896\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/145eff8d3c693d59d3eded28976880a1-340x255.jpg\" alt=\"\u30a2\u30f3\u30b3\u30fc\u30eb\u5f8c\" width=\"340\" height=\"255\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The DADAN 2017 USA Tour got off to a great start thanks to such a warm welcome and response in Yakima.<\/p>\n<p>Now we are off to our next destination&#8230;\u00a0I wonder what encounters await me today?<br \/>\nI will do my very best until the last performance of the tour and I plan to learn as much as possible during my travels.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11899\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11899\" class=\"wp-image-11899 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/c2346313868d963feb3a159224c28671-340x419.jpg\" alt=\"\u4e3b\u50ac\u306eCapitol Theatre\u69d8\u3088\u308a\" width=\"340\" height=\"419\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gift basket from the presenter, The Capitol Theatre.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/member\/hayatootsuka_en.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10765 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/hayatootsuka_s.jpg\" alt=\"hayatootsuka_s\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 1px;\" width=\"1\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/news\/20170126dadan_en.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9028 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/news20160317dadan-340x473.jpg\" alt=\"news20160317dadan\" width=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jan.\u2013Mar. 2017 &#8220;DADAN 2017&#8221; \u2013Kodo 35th Anniversary Production\u2013 USA Tour<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/news\/20170126dadan_en.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/news\/20170126dadan_en.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4557 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/673aea8cce7d4c897f2fcd1406a3eea5-680x67.jpg\" alt=\"ANA DADAN 2017\" width=\"640\" height=\"63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/673aea8cce7d4c897f2fcd1406a3eea5-680x67.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/673aea8cce7d4c897f2fcd1406a3eea5-350x34.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/673aea8cce7d4c897f2fcd1406a3eea5.jpg 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 29, 2017 After the plane trip from Japan to the USA, the moment I arrived in Yakima felt like a baptism of sorts. I was plunged into a sub-zero world and I felt my body and soul flinch in the cold. While it was freezing outside, all the locals were very kind and I felt their warmth through our interactions. &nbsp; On and off stage, I truly felt firsthand that while we may live in different countries and have different cultures, all we need is the desire to share with one another for our hearts to communicate. During our performance, we were uplifted by powerful applause, cheers, and whistles &#8230; <a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/posts-by-kodo-members\/20170131_4543.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":[26,272,152,63,123],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4543"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4559,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4543\/revisions\/4559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kodo.or.jp\/blog_en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}