It's late March, and the graduation season is a season filled with a mixture of joy and loneliness.
There is an elementary school right in front of my house, so at the graduation ceremony held the other day,
A famous line that has been a staple for decades,
I heard chants of "We're graduating today! We're graduating."
Tears and runny nose were flowing down my face like a waterfall due to hay fever.
A facially abnormal person is said to be walking around the neighborhood, ruining the emotional scene...
An emotional day was almost replaced by disturbing news.
During this season, graduation ceremonies for nearby kindergartens, nursery schools, elementary schools, and junior high schools overlap,
Fathers and mothers rejoice at their children's graduation,
And I often see my grandparents.
A young child grows up,
The refreshing look on his face when he finishes one stage naturally brings tears to his eyes.
There was also an old man nearby who was crying because of the emotion.
They will never notice it for the rest of their lives.
Because a child of man can cry this much,
I wonder what will happen when I am a child.
This is a time when the temperature gradually rises and the mind and body become more active.
You will also become more motivated to take on new challenges.
It seems like the three-year coronavirus period is finally coming to an end.
I want to go somewhere I've always wanted to go.
Before I knew it, I had reached the age of 40, and
I would like to enter the world of Kabuki in order to pursue a new sense of Japaneseness.
In fact, Tokyo's ``Kabukiza '' was featured in the ``Niibi no Kyojintachi Special'' that aired the other day.
Our Tsukiji office is also nearby,
It is also a familiar sight that I passed by many times when I used to work in Ginza.
Kabukiza is a theater that is surprisingly familiar.
But I've never been inside the museum, let alone seen a Kabuki performance.
In the program that was broadcast at the perfect time,
The guide was named Yuki Uchida.
Speaking of Yuki Uchida, she is a celebrity that I really fell in love with when I was in junior high school.
It is no exaggeration to say that the 1990s was the era of Yuki Uchida.
"It's normal for cute female entertainers to have long hair,"
In the midst of the stereotypes that are now being criticized,
With boy-like shortcuts,
His features are clearly defined and his face is so small that it is hard to believe that he is Japanese.
I wonder if an elementary school student could walk through the long legs extending from the skirt without having to bend down? That's what I think.
Witnessing on TV the moment when the Japanese race achieved a physical evolution comparable to that of the West,
I still remember the shocking impact it had on me.
The most amazing thing about him is that he is extremely popular not only with boys but also with girls.
Nearly 30 years later, it still retains its fresh, clean impression and appearance.
I've been writing about Yuki Uchida for so long that I barely remember the content of the program...
For now, the program itself focuses on Kabuki-za itself, not the content of Kabuki.
I think it was something that people with a little familiarity with Kabuki could enjoy.
So, as a Kabuki beginner myself, I wanted to know "What is Kabuki?"
First, buy a book with easy-to-understand explanations at a bookstore.
If it's a difficult paperback, I won't be able to get it into my head, so
Get the ``Kabuki Anatomy Guidebook,'' which has many animations and illustrations.
The content is easy to understand for laymen, and difficult technical terms are thoroughly explained.
I hope I can study it properly and go see it sometime this summer.
Kabuki was originally a type of entertainment for the common people.
But I'm not familiar with Kabuki and other traditional performing arts, so
I would like to make this a year where we can learn about Kabuki as well as Japanese history.
When I sometimes speak a little differently, you can tell it's because I've watched Kabuki.
These days, I learn more as an adult than when I was a child.
It seems that ``learning'' will continue until the end of life.