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Rakugo meeting in front of Beppu Station

Oita Godo Newspaper (morning edition on September 12, 2009)

7^th September, there was a meeting of Rakugo in front of Beppu Station. -Rakugo is a Japanese traditional comic storytelling-. At Blue Bird hall, Beppu Kitahama theater, this rakugo meeting held the first time, aiming for the actively promoting of Beppu living town trading and association.

There were 2 rounds, day and night, all 5 people; 3 Rakugo story tellers, 1 Samisen musician and 1 writer, was performed on stage. On the day round, there were around 200 people visited. The head of the association said that "Even though we are having such a grim face during the economic hard time, let's watch Rakugo, having fun and smiling to welcome the tourists."

      During the meeting, those famous Rakugo story tellers performed the famous gag and received lots of laugh and smiles from the audients.

Comment: It is true that all over the world, people are facing the economic problem, brought about to the affects to us. People get more serious and laugh less, made us living in a grim society. It is such a good idea to bring back the laugh and smile from the people in the city, encourage people.

PUNTHUCHAT Siripun

Thailand

APS4, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University