“I will never forget these few years we spent together.† A girl, dressed in a simple costume speaks onstage, and the audience falls silent. Some may be crying. Occasionally, a sniffling noise can be heard. The eyes of the audience, eager for the girl’s next word, are fixed on her petite body. […]
On November 22, 2017, in a live performance venue in Kabukicho, Tokyo, Hawking Aoyama appeared on stage in his wheelchair to perform in the rakugo show Usotsuki Meijinkai, which has been coordinated and run by him and comedian Great Gidayu, 58, from comedy group Takeshi Gundan since 2015. During the makura session or […]
2017 commemorates 150 years of history since the Port of Kobe opened, which also marked the arrival of many refugees in Japan. On December 16th, a charity concert was held at Kobe Harborland (Chuo Ward, Kobe City) to support and reflect upon the status of refugees still being forced to leave their countries of origin. Beautiful songs, […]
