Dr Y got me tickets for Kodo for my birthday, so we went off to see them December 11th! What can I say? Spellbinding! I really must get up to Sado for the Earth Celebration one of these years. Thanks hubby-san. Despite all my moans I do appreciate it!!!
For those of you who don't know the greatness of Japanese taiko drumming, here is someone's YouTube of Kodo's 2007 tour somewhere abroad to gve you an idea. And this doesn't even begin to capture the power of the real thing, so PLEASE go if they ever come to a place near you.
I was sad because I was in Switzerland on my Ji-chan's birthday. We tried to send him this video message by e-mail, but he couldn't watch it apparently. Now we can put video on blogger, so here's a belated Happy Birthday for you Ji-chan!