posted 2002/10/04 at 22:57
So tonight was Sound of Japan's performance at the Toledo Museum of Art, and it was the first time I really had a chance to enjoy their playing. Oh ... wow. Some of the children in the audience didn't look too enthusiastic (and I should know, I wound up running the camcorder at the show), but the performance was just totally amazing. It's just a shame that their shakuhachi players couldn't make it, because that was the only possible way things could have been better. I'm really going to miss them when they're gone.
The good news is that now I'm not scheduled for Sunday, so I'll have one day where I can do homework and try to unwind. The bad news is that tomorrow I have to be up bright and early to help at the Japanese School of Toledo. Oh, and do you know where the Japanese School of Toledo rents out its offices? Right here. Hoo boy.
There's an old Japanese expression about conformity that I think fits my old stomping ground: "The nail that sticks up is the one that gets hammered down." Well, guess what? This nail hammers back.
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