Kasumi Blog

Happy New Year! or 新年あけましておめでとうございます!

I can’t believe a year has already passed! We went to a friend’s place for New Year’s Eve and had Nabe and Sukiyaki. Oishiso~~ My Japanese friend also served us 蒲鉾, kamaboko - fish cake, shredded daikon and just before the New Year’s, we had soba for longevity. ^_^ We also watched the NHK special - Red and White show (Kōhaku Uta Gassen), which is like the Dick Clark’s New Year’s special, from Japan. There were alot of Enka singers and my friend explained that it was a music/performance competition between Men (white) and Women (red). Gackt was very impressive with his whole Samurai theme performance (http://youtube.com/watch?v=zl_mqVhmJjY) but the one I was most impressed with was the woman in the big dress - http://japonismo.com/IMG/jpg/sachiko.jpg . WOW! Her dress was as big as the stage and changes in color and style throughout her performance. Watching it change reminds me of a Kaleidoscope. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalefarwalker/1347763262/