いよいよ明日、ハワイ大学の里帰り公演が幕を開けます
今日は久しぶりに学生たちとも再会
一体今日までどのくらい行っしょに過ごしてきただろう
もう半分家族のような存在です
リハーサルを終えて皆で、長良川の鵜飼に行ってきました
久しぶりの鵜飼は予想以上に幻想的で、楽しかったです
川上から松明を燃やして鵜を操りながら、勇壮に降ってくる鵜庄の船にピッタリとついて鵜飼の様子を見ながら下っていくと、今度はそう絡みと言って6艘の船が下っていく様は、華やかで情緒溢れる素晴らしいものでした
尾籠なお話で恐縮ですが、トイレに行く際には長靴を履いて川の浅瀬を歩きトイレ専用の船に乗り込むんです
これもまたちょっとアドベンチャー感覚で楽しい
学生たちも大喜び
門之助🤞
It’s going to be the opening day of the production “The Maiden Benten and the Bandits of the White Waves” by the University of Hawaii, Dept.of Theater and Dance at the Gifu Seiryu Za, at last.
I was so excited to reunite with the students after almost a month.
They’re almost like our family.
I wonder how many days I have been with them.
After the rehearsal at the Gifu Seiryu Za, we all went to the Ukai, a “ cormorant fishing”.
It was far more mystical and everything was beyond our imagination.
As the boat navigated by Usho with burning torches, our boat heading close to the boat and we saw him manipulating the ropes skillfully tided up the 14 cormorants.
Then in the end. 6 boats were down along the river looked very soul-stirring.
Please excuse me, it’s not a nice thing to mention, let me tell you our “small adventure”.
If you want to go to restroom during the cruise, you need to wear rain boots and once go into a river and transfer to the toilet boat.
The students were excited with this little adventure.