{"id":3819,"date":"2009-11-30T16:31:35","date_gmt":"2009-11-30T23:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/?p=3819"},"modified":"2012-05-17T11:21:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-17T18:21:04","slug":"ballet-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/ballet-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballet Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29143316trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29143316trim-800x489.jpg\" alt=\"japanese girls ballet dancing\" title=\"japanese girls ballet dancing\" width=\"800\" height=\"489\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29143316trim-800x489.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29143316trim-250x152.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29143316trim.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This past Sunday, <a href=http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ryanellie\/author\/ellie\/>Ellie<\/a> was invited to <a href=http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/2009\/09\/japanese-birthday-party\/>Maya<\/a>&#8216;s Ballet Festival in Kodaira, just west of Tokyo. The quality of the performance was surprising. The kids were much better than I was expecting, and the costumes were stunning for an amateur, show-off-what-your-kid-has-learned-in-class type of event. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29145239trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29145239trim-800x423.jpg\" alt=\"japanese ballet performance matsuri\" title=\"japanese ballet performance matsuri\" width=\"800\" height=\"423\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29145239trim-800x423.jpg 800w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29145239trim-250x132.jpg 250w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29145239trim.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29141340.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29141340-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"maya\" title=\"maya\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29141340-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29141340-187x250.jpg 187w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29141340.JPG 675w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The above is <a href=http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ryanellie\/2008\/05\/maya-my-japanese-friend\/>Maya<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29140922.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29140922-651x800.jpg\" alt=\"ririka and kanon\" title=\"ririka and kanon\" width=\"651\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29140922-651x800.jpg 651w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29140922-203x250.jpg 203w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29140922.JPG 733w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Maya&#8217;s friendly friends <a href=http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/ryanellie\/2009\/09\/mayas-birthday-party\/>Ririka and Kanon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29161725trim.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29161725trim-704x800.jpg\" alt=\"ellie ririka kanon after ballet\" title=\"ellie ririka kanon after ballet\" width=\"704\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29161725trim-704x800.jpg 704w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29161725trim-220x250.jpg 220w, https:\/\/traveljapanblog.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/29161725trim.jpg 793w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After the Ballet Festival (\u5c0f\u5e73\u5e02\u6c11\u6587\u5316\u796d\u306e\u30d0\u30ec\u30a8\u30fb\u30d5\u30a7\u30b9\u30c6\u30a3\u30d0\u30eb), some pictures were taken, and then we jumped in a cab to head off for dinner, which was even more fun. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Sunday, Ellie was invited to Maya&#8216;s Ballet Festival in Kodaira, just west of Tokyo. The quality of the performance was surprising. The kids were much better than I was expecting, and the costumes were stunning for an amateur, show-off-what-your-kid-has-learned-in-class type of event. The above is Maya&#8230; And Maya&#8217;s friendly friends Ririka and Kanon. 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