For me, this year's cherry blossoms were essentially limited to those at Tenryu-ji Temple and the Botanical Gardens on April 7, and on this particular day, April 9. In previous years, I would have photographed them at their peak everywhere, but this year, this was enough.
Why?
Because on March 30 and April 1, I was in Tokyo and Yokohama, listening to the unbelievable performance of the greatest violinist in history.
Why is it that the Japanese government has not realized the emergence of this once-in-a-century performer?
Why has Japan not made use of its world-class video and audio recording technology to preserve these historically unparalleled performances, which are not only national treasures of Japan but treasures of the entire world?
The politicians and media responsible for bringing about the Ishiba administration utterly lack any sense of national interest in every conceivable respect.
The genius who emerged four years after her, so to speak, has become the property of a German music agency and Decca.
In other words, Japan's national interest is being lost.
She has not become a national asset—a form of national interest—for Japan.
Even if the dreadnought-class genius is taken by Germany and the UK, I believe that the super-dreadnought-class violinist, a true treasure of Japan and a supreme national interest, should be under a national contract.
The greatest treasure in human history is, above all, the highest form of national interest.
Why?
Because on March 30 and April 1, I was in Tokyo and Yokohama, listening to the unbelievable performance of the greatest violinist in history.
Why is it that the Japanese government has not realized the emergence of this once-in-a-century performer?
Why has Japan not made use of its world-class video and audio recording technology to preserve these historically unparalleled performances, which are not only national treasures of Japan but treasures of the entire world?
The politicians and media responsible for bringing about the Ishiba administration utterly lack any sense of national interest in every conceivable respect.
The genius who emerged four years after her, so to speak, has become the property of a German music agency and Decca.
In other words, Japan's national interest is being lost.
She has not become a national asset—a form of national interest—for Japan.
Even if the dreadnought-class genius is taken by Germany and the UK, I believe that the super-dreadnought-class violinist, a true treasure of Japan and a supreme national interest, should be under a national contract.
The greatest treasure in human history is, above all, the highest form of national interest.
