Remember way back, when I posted those pictures of me looking like a bit of a total fool in my Shorinji kit? Or in a Yukata? Or a Kimono? Well, fan favourite “Mike doing weird stuff” is back with a whole new theme; traditional dancing!

This year’s annual International Culture Evening, held by the University Of Sheffield, will be on April 19th, and will be followed on the 20th by Japan Day. At both of these events I, along with a group of other scared individuals, will be performing a traditional fisherman’s dance from Hokkaido called Soran Bushi. (ソーラン節)

As we only just started to learn it, I can’t really provide any photographs or video evidence of how terrible amazing our dance troupe is yet, so instead I thought I’d provide you with two fun alternatives. The first is the song we will be dancing to:

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But wait, there’s more! The Japan Society did this dance two years ago and uploaded a video of it to Youtube! Enjoy!

I’ll try to take my camera to the next practice. If the other dancers will allow me to take photos (they won’t).

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