お正月 New Year's Day

今年のお正月は首里の実家で迎えました。１０時から首里城で開催されている「新春の宴」を見物。久しぶりの首里城は改修工事が入るほど古ぼけて、いい感じになっていました。儀式も、音楽が豪華になって見ごたえが増していました。

We started a New Year's day at my mother's house in Shuri, an ancient capital of the Ryukyu kingdom. We watched restored ceremony at a castle of Shuri, also rebuilt in 1992. The castle looked better now with ancient atmosphere. The ceremony was also better with more glorious music, though I am not sure if it's closer to the original.

儀式の後は、お城から那覇の町を一望。海も見渡せて、心も晴れ晴れ。

After watching the ceremony, we enjoyed a view of Naha city from the castle. We felt refreshed to see the ocean from there.

お城からの帰り道、実家近くにある組踊りの創始者玉城朝薫の碑を見学。住んでいる時は、こんな立派な人の立派な碑があるとは知りませんでした。

On the way home, we visited a monument of Chokun Tamaki who started Kumiodori, Okinawan musical drama. I didn't know there is such a glorious monument of such historical

person in my neighborhood when I lived in Shuri.