Yasukatsu Oshima went to India

Yasukatsu Oshima went to India in November 2009, with Kanako Hatoma and Satoshi 'Sunday' Nakasone, to perform in four cities, Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata.

In India, five concerts and two cultural exchange programs were organized by The Japan Foundation, The Consulate General of Japan, Munbai, The Consulate General of Japan, Chennai, and The Consulate General of Japan, Kolkata, with the cooperation of the Embassy of Japan at New Delhi. The concerts in Chennai was organized with ABK-AOTS Dosokai and Tamil Nadu Centre.

More detailed information about the concerts is available on the "Okinawan Folksongs Performed in India" page of the Japan Foundation's website.　

The concerts and the cultural exchange programs have been really successful. The musicians and the members of the tour would like to express their deepest gratitude to the audiences in India and to all the people who were involved in this tour.

Here are some of the newspaper articles on the concerts.


'Island songs in a coastal city' THE TIMES OF INDIA (November 18, 2009)

'Flavour of the islands' THE TIMES OF INDIA (December 2, 2009)

'From Okinawa with love' THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS (November 21, 2009)

'A Japanese song in Chennai' NEWS TODAY (November 18, 2009)

'Songs of the Soil' INDIAN EXPRESS(November 28, 2009)


In addition, the newspapers below carried articles on the concert.
DAILY THANTHI (November 18, 2009)
TAMIL SUDAR (November 18, 2009)
THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS (November 13, 2009) (November 14, 2009)
TRINITY MIRROR (November 13, 2009)
MAALAI SUDAR (November 18, 2009)


A newspaper website http://www.dinamalar.com is broadcasting a news video about the concert. The interviewee in this video is Mr. M. R. Ranganathan, the chairman of ABK-AOTS Dosokai, one of the organisers of the concert in Chennai. He has been engaged in cultural exchange between India and Japan for more than 30 years.



Photo: the press conference at Chennai

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