Thursday, November 5, 2009

Chilled out chaos on Sado Island

Well folks, we have just spent an amazing week on Sado Island...We stayed with Naryo-san, her 3 beautiful children- Noto (2), Rin (4), Foo (7), Ellen another woofer from Canada, her son Marcus (8), 13 sneezy devilish cats, 1 crazy dog and the two of us!! Naryo has a very large,old style home nestled into the mountains of Sado amongst rice fields and bamboo forrests. We tried our hand at cultivating rice, a little challenging given the "natural" state of Naryos rice field (kinda like our back yard used to be!)




Sado is also the home of the legendary Kodo Taiko group.I had my very first Taiko lesson with one of their members..now I really understand why Brad loves it so much. The following day we checked out a fall festival the drum center was hosting... I was in complete awe of the apprentices that played. I have never seen Kodo perform so I cant compare it to anything but it was mind blowing!!

The snow seems to be following us and it got very cold... so we have headed south. We stayed in Osaka last night and hooked up with Jeremy, a friend of Ken Tuppers. We drank lots of beer and ate great food...paying for it today! Headed to Okayama to stay with a friend of Brads for a couple of days and then who knows.....
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  1. AnonymousNovember 7, 2009 at 1:06 PM

    Miss you guys!!! Mere.. hope there are pics of you and your taiko lesson! The Sado Island time sounds really cool. Although... 12 cats, 4 kids, a crazy dog and cold weather.. bet there are some stories there. Poor misunderstood dog.
    The boys still talk about you guys being on a plane to Japan. Their concept of time is slightly off. Keep having fun and enjoying the people, food and beer. kisses to you both, xoxox Amanda

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