MUD
2013年06月16日
In Takamatsu this summer we’re experiencing a rainy season with almost no rain. From ancient times, Kagawa has a long history of rain shortages and this year is shaping up to be another one, unless a typhoon blows through and dumps enough rain to fill up depleted dams. Let’s keep our fingers crossed.
In Ayagawa cho on the outskirts of Takamatsu City, there’s an art event, which is well worth finding and taking a look at.
I’ll be writing about the art festival itself in my blog next time later this month. But this week in the same area, I saw the timeless combination of kids & mud. The rice farmers fields they play in like this too, as between plantings the paddies get a great aeration from the kids’ feet. Not to mention the sheer fun of it all with kids squishing around, yelling and slinging mud at each other. Some of the girls seemed to be less interested in mud fights and pursuing more domestic ideas with mud pies.
After all this fun of course there is only two things left to do; get a thorough hosing down before getting in to a nice warm portable hot tub with all your pals. Most are out in a flash and back in the mud … and so the cycle goes on all afternoon. Oh, and of course lunch.
Not a Play-station game anywhere. Perhaps these are the experiences every kid needs & it sure looked great to me. So much so, I wanted to get in there too. I thought seriously about this for a full ten minutes, then settled for a bowl of noodles and a piece of great banana cake from one of the many stalls instead. One must think about one’s age I suppose.
The art festival and sundry activities run through 6/1~6/23. There is no admission charge and organized by an NPO (Kagawa Mountain Waves Arts Festival Committee)
http://www.monohouse.org/yamanami/
I’ll be back soon with more on the art festival itself which is a in part, a 7 kilometer trekking course in the local hills with art installations here and there. Cool stuff. See you then and let’s hope for some rain ..
In Ayagawa cho on the outskirts of Takamatsu City, there’s an art event, which is well worth finding and taking a look at.
I’ll be writing about the art festival itself in my blog next time later this month. But this week in the same area, I saw the timeless combination of kids & mud. The rice farmers fields they play in like this too, as between plantings the paddies get a great aeration from the kids’ feet. Not to mention the sheer fun of it all with kids squishing around, yelling and slinging mud at each other. Some of the girls seemed to be less interested in mud fights and pursuing more domestic ideas with mud pies.
After all this fun of course there is only two things left to do; get a thorough hosing down before getting in to a nice warm portable hot tub with all your pals. Most are out in a flash and back in the mud … and so the cycle goes on all afternoon. Oh, and of course lunch.
Not a Play-station game anywhere. Perhaps these are the experiences every kid needs & it sure looked great to me. So much so, I wanted to get in there too. I thought seriously about this for a full ten minutes, then settled for a bowl of noodles and a piece of great banana cake from one of the many stalls instead. One must think about one’s age I suppose.
The art festival and sundry activities run through 6/1~6/23. There is no admission charge and organized by an NPO (Kagawa Mountain Waves Arts Festival Committee)
http://www.monohouse.org/yamanami/
I’ll be back soon with more on the art festival itself which is a in part, a 7 kilometer trekking course in the local hills with art installations here and there. Cool stuff. See you then and let’s hope for some rain ..
"Pat has lived in Takamatsu continuously since arriving here on a one year study and leave 1981. Originally from Tasmania, Australia, he was involved in education at a variety of levels including as a specialist teacher for children with learning difficulties, and at senior high schools throughout the state. Pat is employed full-time by the i-pal Kagawa International Exchange as a co-oridintaor for international relations amongst other duties including traveling to schools and giving talks in Japanese to kids about Australia. He has been involved with youth education exchanges between Japan and Australia for many years.
Pat has been many things in his colorful life including a seaman, helmsman, welder, carpenter, traffic warden, scholarship/studentship winner at the university of Tasmania, staff at the Australian Embassy in London to name but a few. Pat has far too many hobbies which include tennis, playing jazz flutes and saxes, riding bicycles with the Takamatsu Cycling Club all of which his long-suffering family tolerate. Recently he's become interested in painting again. His wife wishes he would put more time in to helping around the house and the garden which he artfully avoids ..."
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Posted by pat at 10:16
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You really dragged this one through the mud. Seriously, thanks for a very nice report on a unique event. Now I want to feel the mud squishing through my toes...
Posted by Stephen Rowe at 2013年06月18日 21:26
Thank you Stephen for the nice comment. Actually, I'm remiss, as I didn't know in advance about this? I've since found out that it's an annual event with this year's theme; 'The Rice Field is the Translator of the Art'. Actually there were some pretty good performances it seems and I missed them all! Some Greek musicians, Indian-Jazz, you name it and if you click on the link below, you'll see some quirky, but interesting stuff. I'm thinking of putting together a small group, maybe a trio and playing next year. please enjoy the link and video on the same ..
http://tanbo.exblog.jp
http://tanbo.exblog.jp
Posted by pat at 2013年06月19日 19:51
