芸者の踊り@亀清 Geisha Performance here at Kamesei

2008.05.28: その他 Miscellaneous

Takeshi and Harugoma repeat performance

上山田温泉旅館組合の総会は夕べ、亀清旅館の大広間で行われました。芸者の踊りも我が舞台でありました。その時代を超える踊りを見て、世界の戦争や経済などの問題を忘れて、夢の世界に入るような感じしました。その後の芸者さんとの楽しい会話で夢にさらに深く入るような。。。(日本酒も関係しているかもしれません。)
The Kamiyamada Onsen Ryokan Assoc. Annual Meeting was held at Kamesei's banquet room last night. Five of our town's geisha provided entertainment with song and dance and shamisen and taiko. The timelessness of the geisha dance makes you forget the wars and economic problems of today, and takes you to a dream world. Then, as the geisha make their rounds of the guests, their entertaining conversation takes you further into the realm of dreams.... (Of course, the sake probably helps, too.)





商直市場 Produce Market

2008.05.28: 長野に来る理由 Reasons to Come to Nagano

亀清旅館から車で15分で大手なお野菜屋さんがありまして、今日は私が始めていってみました。「ヤマサン」という名前で信州の新鮮な野菜や果実はたっぷり。詳しくはここ

About 15 minutes by car from Kamesei Ryokan is a large produce stand called 'Yamasan'. I stopped there for the first time yesterday, and was impressed by their selection of fresh local fruits and vegetables. Back where we lived in Seattle we had a stand nearby like this -- it's comforting to find one here, too!