Hi everybody,
So we finally wrapped up our winter quarter program. Sadly
we bid farewell to the other Stanford students. But at the same time it’s a
joyous moment since it’s now spring break!
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This morning we took an early shinkansen back up to
Tokyo…and of course the first thing David has to do when we get to Tokyo is go
to the Pokémon Center and Akihabara…at least he didn’t wait in line to play the
carnival games at the Pokémon Center (I saw those eyes of yours looking). And
why do you take me to Akihabara – girls like me don’t like Akihabara…huh! So inconsiderate
of my precious time. And of course he haaaad to go to the AKB48 store…ahem!
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Anyways, the reason I was in a hurry was that I wanted to go
see Lion King today! Yup! Lion King is a very popular stage musical here too!
I think even David was able to understand it – especially
since the plot, songs, and even some dialogue are kept the same from the
English version. Some of the translated lines were also about how I would
translate it
“Uncle Scar, you’re weird.” “You have no idea.”
“Hen na Scar oji-san” “Nani mo wakannai.”
Almost a one-to-one translation! I also really liked the
Japanese portrayal of Rafiki! The actress was really good and combining zulu(?)
with Japanese sounded really cool. Now I didn’t exactly understand Rafiki, but
then again you can’t really understand him all that well in English.
And the staging and costumes were awesome! Everyone looks
and moves like animals! And the stampede scene looked almost like the movie
(though it’s also right before the sad scene in the play, but the stampede
really gets your heart going)!
I also saw a sign for Hamlet in Japanese (ironically playing
right after Lion King) – I’m not much of a Shakespeare fan, but I think that
would be cool to see. Maybe might not be able to understand all of it, but the
rhythm and the word play might be cool.
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Anyways – so now we’ve been to 2 plays here in Japan –
Takarazuka and Lion King! I like Japanese musicals!
-Sumi
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