Closed!!

My host mum recently told me about a Noh theater in the area and I went to go check it out. I went over the weekend when the weather was fairly nice (though not sunny) and took a look around. We had to take off our shoes to go into the building and it was really quiet and peaceful and I liked it a lot. Apparently, the Noh Theater isn't used just for Noh. There are rooms that people rent out to do tea ceremonies and calligraphy and stuff. My host mum says that one of her friends rents out a room every now and then to do tea ceremony.

It seems that they'll have a Noh play sometime in the the next couple of weeks. If I can, I'm gonna go!!

The theater also has a large garden out back. You have to pay 100 yen (about USD 1) to go into it, but you can see it from inside the building. I spotted a few people I might accost for an interview. Mostly, it was all older people, middle-aged or so, but I saw a kid or two as well.

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So I decided to go today to interview someone, today being a relatively free day for me. But of course, it had to start raining--meaning the chances of people going to the theater went to practically nil. I thought, though, that I could at least get to interview a clerk.

Didn't happen. My host mum drove me over to the theater, and lo and behold, it was CLOSED.

So that was my exciting adventure for today. I'll have to go back Saturday maybe and see if I can get that interview -.- At least I didn't have to bike around in the rain.