になさんこんにちわ。 今日はちょっと寒くても、晴れていましだね。今学期は一月しか残っていませんですね。後一月がんばりましょう。

“Hello everybody. Today was little bit cold, but sunny.  There is only one month left till the end of this semester.  Let’s all cheer up for the last one month.”

 

Last tuesday, the december 3rd, I received a concert ticket from the Japanese advisor of PSU IES Nagoya program, Satoshi sensei.  “Sensei” means teacher.  The ticket was worth $60, and the concert hall was located in the center of the Nagoya city.  The concert was called “Kodo.”  It is a traditional Japanese drum performance with acting and singing.  The drum performers were stood on the back to make a magnificent sound during the acting and singing performance.  Some actor were dressed up as Dragon, Japanese Goblin, Beetles, Light bug, and others.  The show was for all ages, with entertaining and fun elements.  The show itself was really great, but the most thing that touched me was the shadow of drummers.  While drummers performs on the back side of the stage, numerous stage setting lights spot the drummers, and it make huge and wonderful shadow on the back wall of the stage.  I was not allowed to take a picture during the performance, but i took some pictures before the show.

This is the poster of the concert i watched, “Kodo.”

You can see the white and red dragons carried by performers to act it out.  The movement of the dragon was so smooth, performers controls them as puppet.
The laddies with black dress are singers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the picture of the stage, and the drums on the back.

Check out how close my seat was.  I had a great time watching the Japanese traditional acting on the very front seat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look at the huge organ behind the stage.  The organ helped the drum to sound more gigantically. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The concert hall was composed with 3rd floor.  It was a large stadium with outstanding performance.  Imagine how the high skilled performance with huge concert hall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secondly, i want to share some random topic while i was in Japan.  The Nanzan University was made by German missionary priest, so our school is Catholic based private school.  As the Chirstmas came near by, to honor the Jesus’s birth, the statue of the stable with baby Jesus was bulit in the middle of the school main street. 

Interesting fact, Japanese do not know when American says the name Jesus.  Japanese calls him”i-e-su.”  However, the Christianity is a minor religion in Japan, only 10% of all population is Christian.  So if you ask what Christmas means to Japanese, they would just say it is some random anniversery.

This picture is just a random cute photo for people does who like panda or dolls.  The panda is for attract people and to advertise a cell-phone company’s new plan on Kyoto station.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a picture of a flower which i took yesterday.  The weather of Nagoya is still fall.  The temperature is around 8 degree celius, while state college is now below 0 degree celius.  Nagoya’s winter starts on January, and only snows about 2 times a year.  Too bad, i dont get a chance to see a Japanese snow.  But i will still see plenty of Penn State snow when i go back, haha. 

 

 

 

 

 

For the last, this is a fall scenery of the main enterance of the Nanzan University.  Red, green, and yellow leaves of the trees make a harmonious and beautiful landscape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

私のさくぶんを読んでくれてほんとにありがとございます。

“Thank you very much for reading my blog.”

Less than a month left with my study abroad experience.  Let’s all make unforgettable memories, and don’t regret.  See you next time.

 

 

Location: Nagoya, Nanzan University, Japan