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After Summer Tour, I was so tired that I almost didn't go to Kochi. My friends offered encouragement for both sides of the argument, and in the end, I got up early and gave it a try.

The bus took us to the Aeon first, where we had lunch and tried to ignore the heat. It was tough, but my teammates kept my spirits up and gave me lots of water. All day long, our team was shuffled from one location to the next, usually dancing 2 or 3 times in a row.


We danced in a circle location (that was pretty neat!) and in a small street (they told us to look out for buses) and in a large street that NHK was filming!

The large street seemed to be the heart of the festival, and it was terribly exciting! There were huge lights blinding the dancers, and they sent us down the street 2 teams at a time! I could barely hear my team's music over the others. It was here that Taylor and I were awarded the biggest medal for dancing at Kochi, which is in the center of a very big flower. I didn't mess up too bad when they ran out into the street to give me one in the middle of our dance.


We finished out the day/night at Kochi castle, performing one last time on a very big stage! I felt incredibly proud that I hadn't gone home early, that I'd survived dancing in 90 degree weather. I saw one of my students, I won 2 medals, I lost a naruko, and I practiced a lot of Japanese.
I would love to do yosakoi again next year!