The fourth day, when the members' tans were starting to show, started with part practice at the Ueno Community Center in Miyakojima City, just like yesterday. It was a hastily assembled team that had been together for about two months from recruiting new members to this training camp, and the first meeting on the second day of the training camp was the actual concert at the venue, so we had come this far without even knowing the members of each instrument section. We introduced ourselves to each section again.

After that, everyone gathered together and showed off the things they had left at the beach yesterday (a name tag and Levi Strauss jeans, pronounced Levi-Strauss in French), and those who had forgotten their belongings introduced themselves without feeling embarrassed. Then, after the self-introductions of the management staff, the group leaders of the university students from Miyagi Prefecture, Mr. Sato (3 people), and Mr. Suzuki (2 people) introduced themselves. In fact, there were four "Aoi-sans" as well.

The group then listened to a performance of Mozart by viola player Shigeru Tachiki (Chairman of the Japan String Teachers Association), who was visiting the island as a guest for this concert (the violinist was Gorai, who is currently studying at the Vienna Conservatoire), and Amano Makoto (Director of the Japan String Teachers Association), who is the person in charge of hosting the group, provided an excellent and witty listener and asked Mr. Tachiki about his career so far.

After graduating from Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya High School, he entered the Karajan Academy in Berlin at the age of 18, where he gained unique experience performing with the Berlin Philharmonic, and then traveled to Paris, Brazil, Mexico, and other parts of the world as a teacher. Everyone was listening to his persuasive story, which was backed up by his ability. In addition to performance ability, it is ultimately about "personality". That is why basic actions such as greetings and bringing a pencil to practice are essential. In Mexico, he was taught for four years at an orphanage that is eight hours away from the capital, Mexico City, at a speed of 150 km per hour. The director of the orphanage thanked him, saying, "If you can play an instrument, you can live as a mariachi without becoming a thief," and he gained the conviction that "if you have a special skill, you can live."

In the afternoon, thanks to the generosity of Island Expert, a tour company on Miyako Island, the children split into three teams and enjoyed experiences on Miyako Island: playing in the sea at Painagama Beach, making shisa at Miyakojima City Craft Village, and making seashell crafts.

The Shisa group was able to experience a different form of self-expression from the music. While kneading the clay, they started humming the song "The Last Emperor" that they had played the day before yesterday. The shell crafts were more detailed and manual work, while the sea play group enjoyed a spectacular jet ski ride.

Today is the last night with my host family. It will be an unforgettable moment. And the most important thing is that we will be able to return home without being affected by the typhoon. We are grateful to the Inari and Ojishi shrines at Namiyoke Shrine in Tsukiji, Tokyo, for this perfect timing for our stay. Tomorrow, starting from the morning, we will all return home with lots of memories as souvenirs.