Throughout the Junten Sports Day, various different classes and year groups of students performed Yosakoi dances. Yosakoi is a traditional Japanese dance and is typically performed by quite a large number of people (usually 20+) at the same time. Although we only saw about three or four performances, it’s really quite a large and complex thing so if you’re interested, you can read more about it here.
I quite enjoyed the performances because the students who were doing it wore these cool costumes and it’s pretty impressive when they all move together. That said, the less well behaved students would refuse to get into it and grudgingly threw their limbs around but it’s hard appreciate a dancer when he has a look of pure boredom on his face. Nevermind.
I’ve decided to just post a few photos here today, as most of them are the same but with various different poses and groups of students. Enjoy!
So there we have it. This concludes the four-update write up of the sports day, one of the strangest events I’ve ever bore witness to. Tomorrow I shall tell you of my amazing trip to Oiso, a town not too far from Atami, a place I visited and wrote about way back in October.
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I would love to watch events like these. So far, I have not had the chance to, ever since i arrived in Japan last year of april.
It looks like your gap year will be very interesting and enjoyable.
It’s nice to drop by here.. nice blog.
Dimaks: Thanks! I’m actually working on my next update, which will be a tiny bit late…I’m sorry ;)
That brings back memories – i liberated one of those blue tops back in 2003. Its at home in Australia somewhere…
Leon: Dammit, I really wanted one, too :( The best they would give me was a red headband :(