Jan
29
Guys and Dolls
Filed Under China/Japan 2002
for our last full day in japan, we went to the takarazuka performance of guys and dolls. it was just like a broadway musical but in japanese. really interesting! all of the performers were women, and the ones that played men sang and talked in really low voices. the “men” also had their hair cut short to look like men, and the women who played blonde dolls didn:t look japanese (of course, we sat way up in the balcony so it was harder to see).
yesterday, we visited the himeji castle. it was spectacular and not at all how i imagined it to be. the main castle had 6 floors i believe, the 5th and 6th hidden because the windows were covered by the roof:s overhang. there were many hidden rooms and other cool secrets about the place.
so that:s about it for japan. tomorrow we have from 9am to 245pm to wander around kyoto before heading out for the airport in osaka. soon after that, we:ll all be spending 6 hours on the beaches of honolulu before heading back to a snowy minnesota. this trip has been really awesome, but we:re all worn out and ready to get back.
hmmm… i:m hungry…
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