The Japanese calendar differs only marginally to that of New Zealand. The main difference obviously, being the lack of religious (Christian related) holidays. The predominant religions in Japanese culture are Buddhism and Shinto. Because of this, the majority of public holidays recognized by the western world are only acknowledged here at a superficial level. Most Japanese I have spoken to are oblivious to the real reason Christmas is celebrated and think of it as a fun excuse to dress up and/or decorate a tree.
In all fairness we in New Zealand would never know that the 3rd Monday of September is in fact 'Respect for the Aged' day. I spent today celebrating by having a picnic type party in Shinjuku Koen (park) with some new friends. Everyone was older than me- hence doing my part by respecting them all. It would be the first time I have ever paid to enter a park (around $3) but it makes sense since it was so beautifully presented and is after all smack-bang in the middle of Shinjuku.
The previous night I was invited to a birthday party at an Asian restaurant also in Shinjuku, it had this awesome pour your own, all you can drink bar going on.
Oh and as promised. A video I took more for my benefit than yours. I tend to have a terrible memory when it comes to learning the dances from Hip Hop so this helps.
2 comments:
The Dance is awesome! Good work bat woman!
this reminds me of us tryna do stagechallenge auditions except we were WAY better - obviously haha
lol sorry i have been reading your blog for ages but have only just got rnd to making an account s that i can comment
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