In Good Company
posted by Michele Sharik
Today we took the bullet train from Tokyo to Fukushima, a suburb of Sendai. The "Jingle Bells" quartet (Jason, Ruben, Nuno & PL) played for a local TV station's variety show.
After the show, we hopped back onto the bullet train & went to Sendai proper, where we had a rehearsal with a local school bell choir - they will be joining us for our concert tomorrow.
Come dinnertime, I didn't feel like walking far, so I talked Bruce & Taiko-san into going to the Ramen shop across the alley from the Sendai Plaza Hotel (where we are staying). We entered the shop & ordered, then settled in for dinner.
The place consisted of a counter with about 12 stools - the other half of the shop was kitchen. That's it. "Hole in the wall" epitomized!
Looking around, we noticed that many musical groups had signed the white paper-board squares that were hanging on all the restaurant walls. There were squares from Cyndi Lauper, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Manhattan Transfer, Hall & Oates, several European orchestras, Ray Charles, Chick Corea, etc., etc.
Taiko-san explained to the staff that we were also a musical group, so they gave us a paper-board square to sign. Nuno, Josh, Bruce, Taiko-san & I signed it (and we've asked the rest of the group to sign it sometime during our 5-day stay in Sendai).
We're in good company!
Oh, and the ramen? Ray Charles says it's the best in town!
After the show, we hopped back onto the bullet train & went to Sendai proper, where we had a rehearsal with a local school bell choir - they will be joining us for our concert tomorrow.
Come dinnertime, I didn't feel like walking far, so I talked Bruce & Taiko-san into going to the Ramen shop across the alley from the Sendai Plaza Hotel (where we are staying). We entered the shop & ordered, then settled in for dinner.
The place consisted of a counter with about 12 stools - the other half of the shop was kitchen. That's it. "Hole in the wall" epitomized!
Looking around, we noticed that many musical groups had signed the white paper-board squares that were hanging on all the restaurant walls. There were squares from Cyndi Lauper, Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Manhattan Transfer, Hall & Oates, several European orchestras, Ray Charles, Chick Corea, etc., etc.
Taiko-san explained to the staff that we were also a musical group, so they gave us a paper-board square to sign. Nuno, Josh, Bruce, Taiko-san & I signed it (and we've asked the rest of the group to sign it sometime during our 5-day stay in Sendai).
We're in good company!
Oh, and the ramen? Ray Charles says it's the best in town!
posted by Michele Sharik at Tuesday, December 13, 2005
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