{"id":16809,"date":"2017-09-28T10:27:48","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T01:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=16809"},"modified":"2018-03-20T10:07:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T01:07:25","slug":"japanese-culture-event-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/culture-art\/japanese-culture-event-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Almost 100 International Visitors to Nakamachi&#8217;s Japanese Culture Event, Day 2!"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/37295030886_07e7b52c2b_z-590x443.jpg?resize=590%2C443&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nakamachi japanse culture event day 2\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-16842\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>\n<p>Almost 100 international tourists and foreign residents participated in the last day of Nakamachi&#8217;s hands-on Japanese culture event! The second, and last, day of the event was held this past Saturday. This time, two big taiko drums were set out in front of the Kurassic-kan and visitors, kids and adults alike, took no time to pick up the sticks to start drumming out some powerful beats that echoed throughout the town. <\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q-bghd9-kxk?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Inside the Kurassic-kan, the activity tables were full with people eagerly trying to fold origami into perfect shapes and writing their names translated into Japanese characters with a brush and ink. The tea ceremony corner was also full of enthusiastic &#8220;students&#8221; who enjoyed the grace and elegance of the tea making tradition.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16843\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/37295017936_531da37ce3_z-590x443.jpg?resize=590%2C443&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Diligent origami folders\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16843\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Diligent origami folders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Matsumoto&#8217;s resident ninja and rickshaw puller were especially popular with the kids and young visitors &#8211; they got shoot down imaginary enemy ninjas with the darts they blew out of the ninja blowguns and got to experience sitting in a real, traditional rickshaw. <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16845\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/37295023606_02de643c75_z-590x443.jpg?resize=590%2C443&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Photo shoot on a rickshaw!\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16845\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo shoot on a rickshaw!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Personally, it was my second time at the event, but I still got to try something new! This time, the experienced shamisen player from Itoya came out to demonstrate the classic geisha game called <em>Konpira Fune-fune<\/em>. It&#8217;s a simple yet challenging game involving two players in which you have tap a cup and pillow in a certain pattern along to shamisen music without making a mistake. The music keeps getting faster and faster, so becomes harder and harder to keep your concentration (not to mention your nerves!). <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16846\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/36672670183_b74825462d_z-590x443.jpg?resize=590%2C443&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Konpira Fune-Fune game in front of Itoya\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16846\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Konpira Fune-Fune game in front of Itoya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although all the activities were engaging and fun, perhaps the best part was meeting new people from all over the world and interacting with the Matsumoto locals. I met a cyclist from Andorra (that tiny country between Spain and France) who had bike all the way from Aomori, a photographer from India, tourists from Egypt, and a researcher from England. In the end, I think it was more than just an event about sharing Japanese culture &#8211; it was a great opportunity for international culture exchange for everyone!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16847\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16847\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/37085596900_8572f8e95b_z-590x443.jpg?resize=590%2C443&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Visitors trying out the stilts - part of the old-fashioned Japanese toy corner\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16847\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Visitors trying out the stilts &#8211; part of the old-fashioned Japanese toy corner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope we see more events like this coming up again in Matsumoto!<\/p>\n<p>* A report of the 1st day is <a href=\"\/modules\/xpressme\/events\/japanese-culture-event-day1\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/culture-art\/japanese-culture-event-day-2\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/culture-art\/japanese-culture-event-day-2\/\" data-text=\"Almost 100 International Visitors to Nakamachi&#039;s Japanese Culture Event, Day 2!\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 100 international tourists and foreign residents participated in the last day of Nakamachi&#8217;s hands-on Japanese culture event! 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