Naruto

"Daiku", it literally means "the Ninth",
as Japanese call Beethoven's Ninth Symphony,
is very popular among Japanese.

German prisoners of the World War I, who were detained in a war prisoner's camp
in Naruto , performed the symphony for the first time in Japan.

They played their handmade instruments.



"The Ninth Symphony" concert is held in Naruto once a year, on the first Sunday of June ,
in commemoration of the first performance of Japan.



The choir members come to gather from all over the country
in order to sing the Schiller's uplifting message -

"All mankind shall be as brothers".

I look forward to visiting Naruto to join the chorus every year.

German House

Exhibits

a Banquet	Bowling Bowls