Back in Japan after 4 months of summer in Australia. We left autumn to land in a Japan in the full bloom of spring.The day after our arrival, in the local village in front of the bakery, we were treated to a Rakugo performance.
Every two months or so there is a free community event or concert, outside if the weather is good, this time it was a little concert, then Rakugo.
Rakugo means "Falling Language".
A usually seated performer, with only a paper fan and a cloth for props, recounts a long funny story with several characters involved. He changes voices and the direction of his his gaze to switch between them.
The performer in red told a long story, they always are, about the locals and the funny names children get given these days.
Blue chap here told an equally long tale of mother-in-laws and the trials of family life.
It was a lovely way to be welcomed back to a place that is just so different from our normal life in Australia.
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