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Life Onboard |
LAST UPDATE
July 19, 2005
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| August 6, 2004 |
In Pictures - Photo Tour 2 of Life Onboard |
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Osawa Norio is a traditional acupuncturist who believes that balancing your body and mind is the key
to world peace. He practices a traditional Japanese massage called shiatsu and reflexology, which
are thought to cure or prevent potential diseases and illnesses by pushing specific therapeutic points
on a person's body. In his presentation he introduced some simple, but useful, shiatsu tips to participants.
One of these was how to prevent sea sickness, by pushing a point on the arm five fingers lengths away
from the wrist. The audience enjoyed Osawa's relaxing talk, including personal and humorous stories
from his unique approach to world peace. |
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One of the highlights of the 46th voyage is the Olympic Games in Greece. As the first event onboard
for the Olympics, a quiz show "Goli Goli Golympic" was held in Broadway show lounge. Five
teams, each representing one of the colors in the Olympic rings, competed in a yes or no question
match and a multiple choice match. The close match kept the audience and the teams on their toes,
with the Green team triumphing narrowly at the very end. Besides raising excitement over the Athens
Olympics, the quiz helped deepen participants knowledge about the Olympic Game's origin and history. |
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For the past several weeks, Peace Boat participants on the deck of the Topaz could hear a low beat
of Taiko, the Japanese traditional drum. The sound vibrating through their bodies comes from 31-year
old Jin Ueda, who is teaching Taiko to over 20 enthusiastic participants four hours everyday. Ueda
first experienced Taiko when he was 19 and started seriously when he was 23. Ueda says he wants everyone
to get to know this side of traditional Japanese culture. "The sound of the drum is like our
heart beat and the rhythm and the sound can be understood by all people, without a border," Ueda
said. Participants are learning the Taiko's basic two beat rhythm as well as Ueda's own arrangement,
which will be performed at the Peace Ceremony in Greece. |
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With the full moon lighting up the Indian Ocean at night, participants took advantage to throw a Full
Moon Dance Party. The more than 150 people gathered on the top dock were treated to a variety of performances
from around the world. After kicking off with a salsa dance, Topaz guest and percussionist Gen Nagahara
gave a memorable African drum performance. Megumi Asano, a GET Spanish teacher, played the guitar
and sang a few songs by The Cranberries and Bjork. Topping it off was a swing dance show by participants
who will perform at the Athensís Peace Ceremony. "This was our first performance in
public, but we danced better than all of the times we practiced," one dance performer said.
The dancing continued until the sun rose with guest DJs spinning reggae, house, trance, hiphop and
beyond. |
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Participants from across Japan took part in the qualification rounds for the 46th voyage's karaoke
singing competition. Two prefectual groups were chosen from each of Japan's regional districts. Judges
had difficulty choosing between the high quality acts, but Sapporo, Tokyo, Saitama, Funabashi, Yokohama,
Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka, and an International team successfully won spots in the August 1st final.
The competition heated up for the finals, with the Broadway Lounge packed with Peace Boat participants.
The songs appealed to a wide range of tastes as entrants sang Japanese Enka (traditional Japanese
music), J-pop and foreign songs. The Fukuoka team rose to the top with its rendition of "Everything" by
Japanese star Misia and a difficult dance arrangement performed to "UFO" by Pinklady, a
Japanese star from the 1980's. |
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Peace Boat Media Team Contributors:
- Tomomi Kusakabe
- Tamiko Hirata
- Aya Hiromura
- Hiroyuki Katsuma
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