EMPAC Leads the way!

Thank you to Johannes and the wonderful staff at EMPAC for their excellent support that helped kicked off this tour with great success. We are grateful for the generosity.

Unwrapped at last!

At last the screens are unwrapped from their travels in Japan and their long journey back home. The set arrived at EMPAC, the first stop on our tour today and everything looks better than ever, proudly wearing the residue and spirit of our very special time in Japan.

Mt. Fuji-san

We have had just one incredible experience after another.  We have been blessed from the very beginning of this journey.  We spent two days with Janet, Hiroshi and Kiana Ohuchi at Lake Yamanaka, in their sweet home that overlooks Mt. Fuji.  We watched the sun rise on Mt. Fuji this morning...

Cultural Exchange

Backstage at The Bunraku

We had a once in a lifetime opportunity in Tokyo at The National Theatre. We were invited backstage after a performance of the Bunraku, who were performing away from their Osaka home base.  We met many of the legendary puppeteers and their masters and were allowed to manipulate an original Bunraku puppet!   Thanks to our gracious host Kanroku-san who is an incredible performer, one of the only 38 authorized puppeteers of The National Bunraku Theatre of Osaka.   I am humbled by his generosity to my company.

Goodbye Tokushima!

Celebrating

At a scrumptious local tokushima eatery,  where our food was literally hunted and collected for us before our eyes;  we celebrated the wonderful Mr. Seki- our sage and savy technical director who taught us the meaning of  the phrase " ikimas",  Yumeko's Birthday!,  and Jessica's clinching of the regional title of Awa Dori Dance Champion- she spontaneously demonstrates this for us frequently.