Our address was included in his visiting list. W e had a chance to enjoy a Japanese music concert during his stay. I dressed myself up in Kimono after a long time. We went together to the municipal Noh hall located in the Peace park to the east of downtown Oita. The hall is in the Japanese garden with a pond.
Many citizens come and enjoy the garden.
The Noh hall was built in 1990. It is one of the greatest Noh hall in Japan. W e got the best seats at the center front of the theater. Sanzaemon Takara, the human national treasure, Mr. Hyakkei Fukuhara, and the member of Hyakkei's Japanese flute club, all dressed up in the formal traditional cloths, performed excellent traditional Japanese music and dance.