Here’s the clip of me from today’s broadcast of Kubota Min’yo Okunimeguri.
I can say now, since I’ve watched the video, that I was terrified that they were going to show the part of my English class where I misspelled “pomegranate” (as “pomegranite”). Luckily that was edited out though.
All in all, I think it’s a good [...]
I came across the term, “Wabi Sabi”, while studying music in Japan this year.
In talking to the idea with various people, I often ran into the idea that “Wabi Sabi is not something that foreigners can understand.” Perhaps not, but this attitude doesn’t seem to support my goals of fostering international understanding.
So of course I [...]
Sorry to everyone who woke up early this morning to watch me on “Kubota Min’you Okunimeguri”, and, of course, didn’t see me. If it makes you feel any better, I was up too.
I didn’t get any notice about a change in time for my segment, and I’ve just eMailed the producer. I’m assuming the [...]
[ 22 June 2008; 7:00 am to 8:00 am. ] TVI (Television Iwate) Broadcast
My shamisen teacher, Satou Chouei, and I will appear on brief segment on a folk music program broadcast around the 6 northeastern prefectures of Japan.
