the lost BROMPTON MEETING 09 and the concert of Gagaku music(+hit or miss fashion as always.) / 消えたブロンプトンミーティングと雅楽、三和会(そしていつもの行き当たりばったり）

　　The last Sunday I was going to take part in the Brompton Meeting in Osaka. I was appointed to make some tea during the event and I prepared some snacks and tea and the things. I choose very delicious darjeerling tea because you do not need to milk for it.
I had planed to go to a concert of Gagaku (Japanese ancient court music) after the meeting. Unfortunately that day rained and the organizer Chibaken. declared to cancel of the event. So it will be held next year.

　　先週の日曜はちば県。さん主催のブロンプトンミーティングの予定でしたが、結局雨で来年に延期に成りました。僕は”お茶部隊”要員として人数に数えられてました。それで折角なのでちょっと良いダージリンとお菓子とかを用意して当日に控えてました。

　　I was going to the concert if it is rain or not any way. A2C was not able to come the Brompron Meeting for he had a business meeting that day but he was interested in my suggestion to go to the concert. Kasiwamoti, also a Bromptonaut, was going to be attend the Brompron Meeting, is interested in the concert either, so three of we went to Creo Osaka Minami.

　　ところで、この日雨が降ろうが天気であろうがあるコンサートに行くつもりでした。A2Cさんは会社の会議とかでブロンプトンミーティングはこれなかったのですが、事前にコンサートの話しをすると興味を持っていました。柏餅さんもブロミーティングに参加する予定ですが、時間も空いたので誘ってみると興味を持たれたので会場のクレオ大阪南に向かいました。

　　I really like traditional Japanese music, theatre, performing arts. Gagaku(雅楽） is the oldest music and dance. Perhaps the most oldest performing arts to survive until now. I have been writing about these kind of performing arts and theatres for this blog because my blog is not a cyclist's dairy. Needless to say, I like cycling and doing things with this. I like to go somewhere without specific purpose or aim, but I just do not want to doing things like to go there and just come back. I like drop off somewhere nice, something interesting to see, hear, feel.

　　僕は日本の伝統芸能が可成り好きで、雅楽も勿論好きです。雅楽と言うのは現存最古の伝統音楽でしょう。こう言う伝統芸能の事等がこのブログでは良く出てきますが僕自体が所謂『自転車乗り』とは趣を異にするからやと思いますが。勿論、自転車は好きで乗るのが大好きです。目的も無く、ただ乗るだけでも充分です。けど、やっぱし目的地に行くだけ行ってそのまま何も無く帰ってくると言うのは僕は面白く無いですね。どうしても寄り道してでも面白いモノ、事に触れたいですね。


　　The concert was really nice. I have seen lots of these kind of performances and this was one of the best shows actually.
The music dates back to 6th century. Originally it came from China, Korea, Vietnam, Persia and other countries. Music itself is played these countries from some hundreds year ago. Only Japan remains its style and sound. These old fashion and music arranged Japanese taste and Japanese people made lots of new music of the genre in Heian Period(平安794 - 1192). Traditional folk songs, musics and dances also entered to the music of gagaku. Before Meiji Restoration(明治1864), many musicians, there were three schools of groups, Osaka(大阪the oldest), Nara(奈良) and Kyoto(京都the newest), were playing music on their own. Arrangement of music and appreciations were apparently different by the group. The modernization of Japan made new movement and musicians gathered to Tokyo to complete the music and forming a new group of performance for serving His Majesty the Emperor Meiji.
The music notes re-arrenged for there were three different music notes. The style was established again as Meiji Gagaku. This music thought to be a standard and three schools remains original way of music in Osaka, Nara, Kyoto....

　　さて、演奏は実は大変良かったです。あんまり期待してなかったと言うと変ですが、思っていたよりも遥かに良くて、今迄見たこのての演奏では可成りの上位に入ります。（英文にある雅楽の歴史とかは省略します。気が向いたら翻訳載せますw）


　　The name of the concert is Mituwakai, it roughly means three completed society. Mittu(三) means three. Wa (和) means complete in peace and the word suggests the way of thinking of Japan or Japan it self. Wa also means calm and unity. Wa koku(倭国/和国 koku means state, country) was an old name of Japan. Kai (会)means society. The three band(not the three group above) learning music by the instructor and some guest musicians played. The instructor and the organizer of this event is a priest of Shintonism(神道). The music is associated with Shintonism. You could hear the music at many shrines.

　　主催は三和会と言う団体の様です。三つの和と言う事を考えて隔年でこの企画運営されてるらしいですが、一年に一回くらい見てみたい。


we took our brommies in the hall of the concert. the stuff members allowed us to take em.
会場にブロ持ち込み可だったので、後ろに置いておきます。

　　That day I went to the concert using the road along the Yamatogawa(Yamato river) and that was so fine although rained in the morning so as we had to be abandoned the Brompton Meeting! I was thinking to go to Nara by using this road after the concert.
Kasiwamoti and I were appointed by the organizer of the Brompton Meeting as a member of "Tea Troops" for the event. I heard he roasts coffee beans by himself and it made me to have a nice cup of coffee! I asked him before he left home to take some coffee stuff if he can and he said yes. I took some nice darjeeling tea and biscuit I prepared for the event. I thought coffee and tea after cycling would be lovely. So we headed Nara before dusk using the road along the river.

　　会場に向かうのに大和川沿いの道を用いたのですが、朝は雨だったのですが、昼からは晴れていて大変気持ちよかったです。コンサートが終わったらこの道沿いに奈良に行ければなと思っていました。
柏餅さんも"お茶部隊"要員として任命されていました。以前に彼から自分で生のコーヒー豆を焙煎してコーヒーを入れるのが好きだと聴いていたので、出る前に善ければ豆をとお願いすると快諾してもらえました。僕は例のダージリンとビスケットなんかを持って家を出ました。自転車の後にコーヒーとお茶はエエやろうなと思ったからです。で、演奏終了後、宵闇の中を奈良迄ブロンプトンで向かいます。


@1st we went 2 a local super market 4 getting some foods & stuff. then we had this in a common along the river on the way 2 nara.
まずは近所のスーパーで食料調達。川沿いの公園で軽く腹ごなし。


4 there werent traffic lites bros dynamo & lites works hard. i like these roads coz there is no cars& not many cyclists using this road.
街灯の無い道をブロは快走。勿論真っ暗、そして発電機がいつも通り大活躍。この道あんまり自転車乗りにも知られてなくて良いです。



when we arrived nara we had coffee and tea. nice 1, the superb coffee!! splendid!! 1 of best coffee i v had. hes really fussy 4 coffee isnt he!
目的地の奈良でコーヒーを。マジうまかったす、実際今迄飲んだコーヒーの何本かの指に入るくらいうんま〜い！！彼はコーヒーにうるさい様ですね。



　　　　HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO EVERY ONE.

　　Cheers my mates, Broptonauts always following my hit or miss fashion. I think my idea of to go somewhere is sometimes irritating or annoying for I do it with my feeling and instinct. Although we had some minor troubles like lost trains, flat tyres, lost ways in the mid nights etc.. however, I have been enjoying my "life with mobile bike" due to keep good relationships with you! Of course there were some of my friends through the net and some of them came to Osaka and we enjoyed small meetings!! I would like to express my gratitude all of my friends and peers. Thank you very much indeed. And so many people whom I have never seen but keep reading my blog and give some comments, messages and E-mails, thank you. I hope see you soon in my actual life.

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Merry Christmas, Have Happy Holidays and Happy New Year.

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　　　　　年末年始のご挨拶

まいど、ブロ乗りや自転車乗りの皆様。いつも僕の行き当たりばったりの企画にお付き合い戴き有難うございます。多分たまにちょっとヤバいなと思われたり、どないなんねんと思われた事と思います。なんせ、その時の気分と直感だけですから。タマにパンクとか道に迷うとか、終電を逃すとかの小さな面倒ごとはありましたが大事には至らず楽しく過ごす事が出来てます。快適な『携帯自転車との生活』を実践させて頂いてますが、この間多くの友人知人に助けられてます、有り難うございます。
また、実際にご一緒した事もないにも関わらずネット上でコメントやメッセージ、又は電子メール等を下さったり、またそこ迄行かなくても定期的にこのブログを読んでくれてる世界中の皆様、有難うございます。そして、ネット上から始まって実際にお会いした皆さんも有難うございました。まだ、お会いしてない方々とも近日中にお会い出来ればと思っています。

この項で年内最後になると思います。
日本語のみのブログとツイッターは更新すると思います。４６４９です。
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最後に成りました、皆様良いお年を。
また来年も宜しくお願い致します。

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