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| Kashitate odori trip the lite fantastic & Hachijo Taiko drumming surgical operation at Hattori Yashiki, Hachijo Island (Animated GIF - click if it doesn't start) |
We latterly visited
Tokyo Japan/hachijo">Hachijo Island, nigh fifty minutes due south of
Tokyo Japan past times air. This tiny, gourd-shaped isle inward the Philippine Sea is purpose of the Izu archipelago together with is formed from 2 volcanoes together with the saddle of province betwixt them. Our starting fourth dimension halt after landing together with picking upwardly our 3,000 yen-a-day rental auto with a temperamental starter engine was - cheers to a flyer on the rental auto fellowship counter - an old homestead inward the due south of the isle called
Hattori Yashiki.
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| Hattori Yashiki, Hachijo Island, Japan. |
Yashiki agency "homestead" together with
Hattori is the scream of the identify unit of measurement that used to endure charged with the upkeep on the isle of regime ships that would view for administrative purposes (the most of import of which was the collection of silk stuff equally tax). Influenza A virus subtype H5N1
dance event at that spot was advertised, starting at 10 a.m. We had nada planned together with then it sounded similar a skillful way to get down our isle experience. Nothing remains of the master homestead, together with at that spot is forthwith a sprawling ramshackle edifice there, 1 one-half of which is a workshop together with store making together with selling
Kihachijo silk goods inward distinctive yellow, brownish together with black, dyed using local plants, together with a large infinite with wooden seats together with a stage, covered inward beautiful flowers. The grounds characteristic numerous large sago palms.
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| Sago palms, Hattori Yashiki, Hachijo Island. |
Nearly all the denizens of Hattori Yashiki are old, together with its days seem numbered. We were the starting fourth dimension ones at that spot together with for a few minutes fancied nosotros powerfulness endure the but ones - a exclusively duet inward the dandy large hall, outnumbered past times the performers. However, a busload of mainland tourists (from rural
Hyogo, it turned out) turned up, together with the atmosphere took on a buzz. While waiting, nosotros tried the warm yuzu juice together with the java on sale, together with I got chatting to a friendly middle aged homo from the tourist grouping who had come upwardly together with sat downwards with us. The surgical operation began on time. Two old men together with 2 old women did the
Kashitate odori dance: a trip the lite fantastic that reflects the diverse origins of those who institute themselves on Hachijo Island when it was a identify of exile together with banishment, together with which is forthwith registered equally a Japanese intangible cultural property. Another woman, who was the MC earlier the surgical operation began, sang spell the 4 danced. I was jolted when she produced her starting fourth dimension note. As MC she had an old lady's voice, but equally vocalizer she came out with the clear tones of her lusty girlhood.
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| Orchids inward front end of the stage, Hattori Yashiki, Hachijo Island |
The trip the lite fantastic was similar to most Japanese dances inward its simplicity together with inward the way the lower one-half of the torso seems weighted compared to the more fluid upper half, notwithstanding belied past times a surprising buoyancy together with lightness of pes that saves that weightiness from existence at all stolid. Perhaps because the dancers were together with then old - all at to the lowest degree inward their sixties, their personalities came through without whatever endeavor on their purpose to projection them, adding about other degree of charm to the performance. The 2 women were typically courteous together with amiable inward their demeanor. The glassy-eyed old homo on the left looked equally if he real much liked his sake, together with from the way those eyes seemed rested on something beyond, could good guide hold been wishing he was dorsum with his bottle, his bluntly dexterous dancing seeming dutiful together with dour. The taller, thinner homo on the correct was inward a unlike Blue Planet from the other, equally if inward the throes of drinking merriment - non its aftermath.
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| Old identify unit of measurement photos, Hattori Yashiki, Hachijo Island, Japan. |
After a spot of audience participation, at that spot was about
Hachijo Taiko drumming. As with the dancing, the rhythms weren't tight, but real infectious. So were the short, abrupt whoops both drummers made either side of the drum equally they crunch it; together with the rhythms, sometimes simple, sometimes complex, were hypnotic inward a way that but years of familiarity with, of existence steeped in, rhythm-making tin sack muster. Next upwardly was a pike dance, that brought a sharp, silvery hint of danger to the proceedings, notwithstanding at the same gravity-tethered pace. We bought a cute picayune silk owl from the souvenir store afterwards for 600 yen, together with said goodbye to the grouping from Hyogo (who nosotros kept bumping into for the residuum of the hateful solar daytime hither together with there!) The
animated gif higher upwardly that I made of the termination is because I was also busy taking photos to scream upwardly to accept a video - which also explains the lack of a soundtrack. Imagine together with enjoy. © JapanVisitor.com Sumber https://japanvisitor.blogspot.com/
