今年は6月を待たずに梅雨入りしました。昨日は、貴重な晴れの週末を利用して、エリックと徳島まで日帰りで行きました。神戸からバスで約2時間。この小さな地方都市で、人形浄瑠璃、阿波踊り、藍染工芸と、豊かな文化を垣間見ることができました。
Tokushima
The rainy season started before June this year. Eric and I went to Tokushima for a day trip using a precious sunny weekend yesterday. It takes about two hours to get there from Kobe by bus. We had a chance to see their rich cultural features, such as a Japanese puppet show, the Awa-odori dance, and indigo-dyeing in this little local city.
阿波踊り（あわおどり）= Awa-odori: It is a dance to a double rhythm with a unique chant, which means “Dancing fool and watching fool. Why don’t you enjoy dancing if you are a fool anyway?”
