On Nov. 8 Miura Taro picked all of us up from Tsubaki Jinja Kaikan at 10 am and he drove us all to his lovely house in the outskirts of Yokkaichi city. There we were treated to a nice lunch of oden and sushi and then he gave us a workshop on Kyuudo, Japanese Archery. First we were all given special gloves to draw the bow with then he instructed us on proper form with letting the arrow loose. Of course we were all very bad with technique as were were raw beginners. But we did get better as we all continued to practice. It felt very good to me and would very much like to continue to practice when I get back to BC. In any case we all had an enjoyable time.
At one point, Miura-san took me to his workshop and asked me some advice on making hocchiku which he was surprised about.
After lunch, we had a small party where we played with the local Ikuta-ryu koto group who are also students of the composer, Noura Seifu. We played Momiji-ba, Misaki no Todai, Chidori, Rokudan, together and they played a koto piece. Then the three of our shakuhachi players played Kumoi Jishi. I played Tsuru no Sugomori. John Paul played Daha. And Jane played Kyorei. We all enjoyed the very relaxed atmosphere, beautiful weather, and lovely space of Miura`s guest house together. After the party we were quickly driven to then Yokkaichi Station where we headed to Kyoto. We got there by 7:30 pm and checked into our Ryokan, Daiya Inn, near Kyoto Station. Peter was safely and soundly there so it was a great to see him. He reported good things about the workshop in Seattle which he went to last weekend. Daiya Inn is a cozy Inn run by an very informal lady who speaks only Japanese. It was another long day so it was a relief to get to futon.
The next day is to visit the great holy mountain of the Dharma, Koya-san, center of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism......
Alcvin
www.bamboo-in.com
ramos@dccnet.com
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