Accomplishment

Today was my debut as a member of a semi-professional music group. I participated in a concert of traditional Japanese music as a member of my koto teacher's studio group. We performed the piece "Yugao," with koto, shamisen, bamboo flute, and kyoko. I can't really say how we sounded, since I was concentrating so hard on not slipping around on the borrowed koto's strings, but I think my mistakes were not horribly obvious. We'll see when I hear Dave's recording of the event..

Anyway, I feel proud of being the only foreigner performing, in a yukata I made, and a mere two days before I leave the country. As my koto teacher said, "It's a great memory to have a made."