Monday, February 13, 2012

Spring Play in Japan


Every year they do a spring play in February at the Japanese school. It's quite a production and this year was very special, because my mother was able to come and visit the kids' school and see the play! All the costumes and props are all handmade by the faculty and students. One thing I realize about the Japanese, they recycle everything and create beautiful things with anything, for instance, a trash bag? Look at their dresses and tutus all made out of trash bags. The play, musical and skit was a huge production that the children work on for months. They perform it on a Sunday morning, because typically, Sunday is the day which the parents have off from work, unfortunately, this is probably the worst time for us, because it's our sabbath day, but once a year, we miss church to attend the school play. This is held in their gymnasium, and here they are performing by each grade level. My only feedback would be that the parents would show more enthusiasm for the work the kids have put forth each week for 4 months! Japanese culture is certainly not an expressive culture, so even the applause of the parents is very weak. You can hear Seung shouting and cheering them on. I guess that's all that matters!