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Encountering the unexpected is one of the delights of life in Japan, but the time, the place, and the combination of Japanese taiko and African rhythms meant that whatever was going on was not a matter of daily tea and rice, as they say here.

日本で思ひがけない人生の喜びに遭遇して、時、場所、和太鼓とアフリカのリズムの組み合はせは何が起こつてゐようと、毎日の茶と飯には何の關わりもないと言つてゐた。