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Special project “Tomo” about the Great East Japan Earthquake. Elementary schools in Miyagi Prefecture are celebrating school performance season, and this time we’re focusing on “Taiko” performed at Tsurumaki Elementary School in Miyagino Ward, Sendai City. The drums played by the fourth graders were the traditional drums of Nakano Elementary School, which was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami and closed. This is Sendai City Tsurumaki Elementary School in the Miyagino Ward of Sendai City. big drum The children work together to carry it. 67 fourth-graders from Tsurumaki Elementary School tuned their drums in the gymnasium. During this time, they practiced hard, playing drums for the school play that was supposed to take place in 10 days. 4th grade student: “They’re really excited and it’s great that we can match.” “We need to hit the middle well… They seem to understand that part, but they don’t.” .” The words “center”, “field” and “field” are written on the reels. “Small” symbols. Tsurumaki Elementary School children will perform “Nakano Kodaiko.” Nakano Elementary School in Miyagino District, traditional “Nakano Kodaiko”. Since the beginning of the Heisei era, high school students have continued to pass on the tradition by directly instructing younger students. It was displayed at sporting events and local festivals and was an important item for residents. Hayako Terada Announcer: “Nakano Elementary School was located in this place right on the river bank, right near the mouth of the Nanakita River. Nowadays, this is the hill of Nakano folklore, and it is said that Nakano Elementary School was located there. there is a stone monument in this place with this written on it.” Nakano Elementary School, damaged by the tsunami, closed five years after the earthquake. The damaged school building was also demolished. This Nakano Kodaiko drum was also washed away by the tsunami, but was found among the rubble and repaired. The drum moved to nearby Tsurumaki Elementary School a year after the school closed, and fourth-graders have performed it in school plays every year since. In October, a graduate of Nakano Elementary School was invited to Tsurumaki Elementary School as a guest teacher. They were 9 years old and third year students at Nakano Elementary School when the earthquake struck. This year, fourth-year students learned about “earthquakes” during general study time. I asked a question about the “tsunami”. 4th grade student: “What did you feel when you saw the tsunami?” Nakano Elementary School graduate Kasumi Onodera (21) “I just felt like something pitch black was rising, and at that moment I didn’t realize it was a tsunami, I thought, “What is this?” Masahiro Sato, 20, a graduate of Nakano Elementary School. “When I heard it, the house fell like a toy. I thought, “Aren’t we actually on an island?” The children listened carefully to the story of the “earthquake” that happened before they were born. On this day I received direct instructions from Nakano Kodaiko. Nakano Elementary School graduate Takuteru Sugawara (20) “Be confident! Let’s show everyone how cool you are.” Nakano Elementary School graduate Kasumi Onodera (21) “He’s perfect, so just hit him with confidence and that’s it.” Everything will be fine”. Graduate One of them is Kasumi Onodera (21 years old), a third-year university student. In the future, I plan to become a school teacher and have been doing teaching practice at Tsurumaki Elementary School since October. Kasumi Onodera (21), a graduate of Nakano Elementary School, said, “With the drums, you can feel Nakano Elementary School by listening to the drums.” Nine years ago, Kasumi Onodera and her colleagues played drums at a farewell concert. the opening of a school building took place, which was supposed to be demolished. Hayako Terada Announcer: “What did you think about continuing the taiko tradition at that time?” Kasumi Onodera (21), a graduate of Nakano Elementary School: “The most important thing was gratitude and the desire to show that “we are doing well.” We were connected by thoughts.” Graduates held drumsticks in their hands for the first time in nine years. Set your example to your children. Nakano Elementary School graduate Kasumi Onodera (21) “If we’re going to do this, I don’t want you to give a half-baked presentation.” The fourth-year student fully shared the thoughts of the Nakano Elementary School graduates. . Tsurumaki Elementary School 4th grade student: “I want to play with my best, expressing the feelings of Nakano Elementary School graduates and others.” “Although Nakano Elementary School is no more, we will continue to communicate with every other one at Tsurumaki Elementary School, and since we only have drums, we will leave this behind.” “I want to put all the thoughts of five (graduates) into the drums.” On the day of the school performance. Presentations for fourth graders begin. These are the thoughts a 4th grade student wrote after meeting an alumnus of Nakano Elementary School. Tsurumaki Elementary School 4th grade student: “Nakano Elementary School may disappear, but Nakano Kodaiko will never exist. By passing it on, we can pass it on into the future for years and decades to come.” Tsurumaki Elementary School.” Nakano Kodaiko” is in touch. Mister Onodera will also look after you. Tsurumaki Elementary School 4th grade student: “I was very nervous, but I’m glad I was able to hit the drums without making too many mistakes.” “It was great to see everyone lined up at the end and it was the best drumming performance I’ve ever played.” Nakano Elementary School graduate Kasumi Onodera (21) “I was very touched. It was a wonderful performance and I wanted to applaud as quickly as possible. the sound was evened out and it really caught my attention, I want to say, “Thank you””