Matsue

Yeah, so my name is Ethan O'Brien.

I'm the Irish coordinator for international relations in Matsue.

I came here just over two years ago.

I believe I'm the 11th Irish coordinator of international relations here at Matsue.

So there's been someone doing my job here for 30 years, I think now.

um yeah and matsue has a special relationship with ireland because of locadio hearn so a lot of irish people like to come here a lot of people from all over japan who are into irish music and art come here for events this is the irish this is kind of the irish hub of japan

lessons, right?

There's lessons and there's something, I don't know, there's some kind of morbid curiosity in a lot of these stories that I think even nowadays, like if you go on YouTube, right, these videos where people talk about these urban legends or these old ghost stories have huge view counts because there is this kind of curiosity about the unknown and the kind of the other worlds and the things going on that we can't see that I think is very strong here

Very good.

Speaking of touring, and we were just speaking to this briefly before we went on the air, I ran across you in Matsue, Japan back in 2014, probably on one of your many international jaunts.

Talk to us about the the impact that you see music having around the world, particularly what you're carrying, that message, and your visit to Matsue.

Well, you know, New Orleans is a small town.

You can't really expect to play here every night.

So I'm on the road most of the time, touring around the states, but touring around the world too.

We play in Asia, we play in Europe, we play in the Caribbean.

So I saw you, I think, on a trip when I was over doing a Japanese tour, and we happened to be in Matsue, which is the... sister city of New Orleans in the town where Lafcadio Hearn settled.

He knows it were vain to ask in what remote city, in what fantastic riddle of narrow nameless streets, in what obscure little temple known only to the poorest poor, she waits for the darkness before the dawn of the immeasurable light, when the face of the teacher will smile upon her, when the voice of the teacher will say to her in tones of sweetness deeper than ever came from human lover's lips, O my daughter in the law, thou hast practised the perfect way, thou hast believed and understood the highest truth, therefore come I now to meet and to welcome thee.

End of chapter 15 Recording by Expatriate in Bangor, Maine Appendix 1 of Kokoro Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life by Lafcadio Hearn This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Recording by Expatriate in Bangor, Maine Appendix 1 Three Popular Ballads Read before the Asiatic Society of Japan, October 17, 1894 During the spring of 1891 I visited the settlement in Matsue, Izumo, of an outcast people known as the Yamanomono.

Some results of the visit were subsequently communicated to the Japan Mail in a letter published June 13, 1891, and some extracts from that letter I think it may be worthwhile to cite here by way of introduction to the subject of the present paper.

The settlement is at the southern end of Matsue in a tiny valley, or rather hollow among the hills which form a half-circle behind the city.

Few Japanese of the better classes have ever visited such a village, and even the poorest of the common people shun the place as they would shun a center of contagion, for the idea of defilement, both moral and physical, is still attached to the very name of its inhabitants.

Thus, although the settlement is within half an hour's walk from the heart of the city, probably not half a dozen of the 36,000 residents of Matsue have visited it.

There are four distinct outcast classes in Matsue and its environs, the Hachiya, the Koya-no-mono, the Yama-no-mono, and the Eta of Suguta.

There are two settlements of Hachiya.

He showed a sharp return and was pushed back.

Nishikori, who is from Matsue City, has been active on the world stage since he was a teenager with various shots and competitive strength.

In 2014, he won the semi-final in the All-American Open and recorded 4th place in the world rankings as the best Japanese male player in tennis.

On the other hand, in recent years, he has suffered from injuries that overlap his knees and shoulders, and announced that he would retire from the field as of this season in May this year.

He knows it were vain to ask in what remote city, in what fantastic riddle of narrow nameless streets, in what obscure little temple known only to the poorest poor, she waits for the darkness before the dawn of the immeasurable light, when the face of the teacher will smile upon her, when the voice of the teacher will say to her in tones of sweetness deeper than ever came from human lover's lips, O my daughter in the law, thou hast practiced the perfect way, thou hast believed and understood the highest truth, therefore come I now to meet and to welcome thee.

End of chapter 15 Recording by Expatriate in Bangor, Maine Appendix 1 of Kokoro Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life By Lafcadio Hearn This LibriVox recording is in the public domain Recording by Expatriate in Bangor, Maine Appendix 1 Three Popular Ballads Read before the Asiatic Society of Japan October 17, 1894 During the spring of 1891 I visited the settlement in Matsue, Izumo, of an outcast people known as the Yamanomono.

Some results of the visit were subsequently communicated to the Japan Mail in a letter published June 13, 1891, and some extracts from that letter I think it may be worthwhile to cite here by way of introduction to the subject of the present paper.

The settlement is at the southern end of Matsue in a tiny valley, or rather hollow among the hills which form a half-circle behind the city.

Few Japanese of the better classes have ever visited such a village, and even the poorest of the common people shun the place as they would shun a center of contagion, for the idea of defilement both moral and physical is still attached to the very name of its inhabitants.

Thus, although the settlement is within half an hour's walk from the heart of the city, probably not half a dozen of the 36,000 residents of Matsue have visited it.

There are four distinct outcast classes in Matsue and its environs, the Hachiya, the Koyanomono, the Yamanomono, and the Eta of Suguta.

There are two settlements of Hachiya.