Rakugo at Utsunomiya Kyowa Univ.

A few weeks ago, I attended open lectures in Utsunomiya Kyowa University and had a lecture of Rakugo with my family.

Rakugo is a Japanese verbal entertainment. A lone storyteller tells a long and complicated comical story.
A Rakugo storyteller who usually remains seated uses words and facial expressions to portray various characters.In the lecture, firstly the teacher whose stage name is Rakki Tei Sanda explained what Rakugo is all about, the history of Rakugo, how to speak Rakugo stories and how to become a good story teller in English.

Then, we students were asked to memorize a short comical story from the text and perform Rakugo in front of the audience.

It was a really tough job, but very interesting. We enjoyed it very much.