Aparently this technique of erecting a ladder was originally done by the village fire warden to look over the roof tops for the direction of a fire. This goes back 100's of years. Later it was used to entertain the Shoguns.
There are about 48 groups in Japan that still do it but only the Niigata group has women - so only Shizuka and her sisters in all of japan do this!
She is going to perform it again soon, so this time I might go and watch - but I'll be terrified!
This picture is of Shizuka's 15 year old brother.
2 comments:
thats incredible! (will he be able to kick your ass if you upset his big sister??)
Give hime a few years and maybe!
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