Sado Sado bo Bado

Last week I returned to the beautiful island of Sado. It was natsukashii!! (nostalgic and tingly goodness combined) I went with a couple friends, camped out next to the sea, went to free concerts and events all day and then saw amazing concerts by the host group, Kodo, at night. Also, every year Kodo invites a guest group to perform, this year being Urban Tap, a tap and African dance group from New York. They were off the charts and it was so fun to be back in the place where my adventures in Japan began a year ago. Check out the pics.



Sado Kitty at the concert venue. She's in the famous tub boats that fisherwomen push at the island.













The Kodo drummers giving us a private concert while we waited in line for tickets to the last concert.
















Visiting the Kodo forest where the drummers live and train year round. The group plants the trees they use for flutes and drums... a cool idea, huh?! We received a tour and mini concert from the flutist.

















The four of us at the concert. Heather, Yukiko, me, and Chris. The concerts were AMAZING! It was an unbelievable memory with lots of great music and me dancing my behind off. How could that NOT be great?!?!