Sunday, Ozu held their Tsutsuji Matsuri (Azalea Festival). Though as luck would have it, all of the azaleas in Showa Park had already bloomed and fallen off thanks to the strange weather... so a flower festival without the flowers... NO WORRIES! There's still plenty to do!
Downtown Ozu had a parade, a stage setup with cultural things going on, and everything ranging from a Flea Market to Kids Sumo (It was quite hilarious to see pictures of these scrawny little boys trying to sumo the crap out of each other). Oh, also the Ozu Karaimo made an appearance. It's a family of 3 sweet potato mascots which I forget the names of, but... yeah. Anyway, all of this downtown stuff, I missed. I was busy over at Showa Park performing with a lady from my eikaiwa class. Her family has a band and she invited me to come sing a few songs with them, which then turned into playing a few MORE songs with them... and... Yeah. You've got a whole day of sitting at the music festival at Showa Park. A group of friends showed up to show support, and video tape... sooo... here. Be nice. :(
(Not going to embed, since there are 3 clips)
Shimanchu nu Takara - BEGIN (Me on drums)
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton (Me singing)
Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton (Me singing)
Fun day. Cold day. and I was freaking nervous... eh.
PS: This weekend, I'm headed to Seoul, South Korea for Golden Week! Yay!
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you go to a "potty" and everyone turns to see?
Just kidding... It was awesome and it was wonderful to hear you singing!
Yay for the shout out for Korea. I'm so ready for a break! See you Friday night.
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