Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Day 8, Taiko drums at Tama Campus

Breakfast at a new coffee shop chain, Doutor. I have a Matcha Latte and a tasty treat to go with it.

Today we visited the main Chuo University campus, Tama. We met other students here and tried our best to put together some origami. We decided to be ambitious and try to make a semi-hard one. It didn’t turn out so well, so I opted to make a little samurai hat. It looked ok.
Next they invited us to listen to a group of students play Taiko drums. I must say they are very talented. They were all very passionate and engaged in the songs. It isn’t just drumming, its about their leg and arm movement and their melodic, rhythmic chanting. It was really cool to watch. And then….they let us play…hahaha. It was very fun, but also laughable. Clearly, they practice A LOT! I wish I could’ve gotten some pictures of them, but I wanted to pay attention and wasn't sure if it would be rude or not.

After a long day, a few of us decided to hit the supermarket for some sushi before bed. I thought it was interesting to see the fried food out in the open and then a packaged pair of fried eggs.


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