 The Handicraft
Exhibit
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I must apologize for a mistake I made on October 30th in this article.
I said that the Do-gyoretsu would take place and I was wrong. It had been
held as a special event earlier in the year and it is too expensive to
have more than once year, so we didn't have it. It was such a lovely day
for it, too. I'm very sorry!
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This month we have a lot of festivals all through the Sanin Area. Many
of them are held on the November 23rd because it is a holiday. The Izumo
Taisha Kenkoku Festival will be held then. There are so many festivals
that we all should have a chance to visit some exciting event. Japan has
so many festivals that I am always surprised at them. In the United States,
we have a few festivals and they are enjoyed very mach by all, but it
is nothing like Japan.
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The People here must be really happy to have so many activities all
year around for them to enjoy. I also enjoy them very much, especially
for the pictures I can take. Now for a quick report on the handicraft
exhibit that my friends and I had at Imai Book Store. It was extremely
successful with many, many visitors. What pleased me most was the arrival
and interest shown by some high school students as well. That is the main
reason I wanted to have this show. The young people of Japan are forgetting
their old arts and that is sad.
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I say that because , the arts of Japan are really lovely and through
they are sometimes very hard, they should be studied with joy, excitement
and interest. In the hands of the young lies the entire future of the
Japanese culture. If we can show it to them and let them have a chance
to really see what was done in the past, they will, perhaps become interested
enough to want to try it. I hope sincerely, for this to happen.
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Let me thank all the people who come to the exhibit! The young were
welcome, of course , but the older citizens were equally welcome and it
warmed my heart to see them there. Your visit to the show was very much
appreciated by all of us. If there are any questions about anything you
saw there, please write to me. Thank you again.
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