Last weekend, while the city was still mostly empty, we wandered over to Roppongi Hills to find a super-dynamic taiko (drumming) performance. Taiko is very Japanese in its orderliness.
For some stupid reason, I shot my taiko video sideways and can't rotate it, but here it is anyway - look sideways!
There were also some favorite Japanese games set up, which I assume are favorites to play during the New Year's holiday.
A group of girls were taught by older women to juggle little beanbags. In the foreground, you can see the girls' shoes, which were removed and neatly arranged before the girls stepped onto the tarp; this is a common sight in Japan when you go on picnics.
Here, a half-dozen boys competed with small, polished spinning tops. They used string to hurl the tops onto a drumlike table, then cheered as they watched the tops bump one another off the side until one top was left.
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