Watching “Invite Mr. Wright” on TLC really moved me. On today’s episode, he visited Japan after being invited by one of Japan’s last surviving Geishas, Norie.
During his stay, Mr. Wright visited Norie’s flat and learned many kinds of Japanese culture, one of them is the tradition of wearing a Kimono (I don’t recall about special kimono that he once asked by Norie to wear).
In Japan, there is a sort of club whose waiters are also performers of the club. So, let’s say, the building is a 3-story building. In the 3rd story is the place where the waiters have their performance like singing, dancing, etc while on the 2nd floor, the waiters do their job to serve their customers.
At first, I thought the word “serve” has negative connotation, yet after I watched the show further, I knew that it doesn’t have any meaning but literal. They literally serve the customer. (FYI, there’s no need for the performers to change their costumes into waiter costumes, so basically they serve the costumers wearing the same outfit)
Furthermore, the show gave me a great image about Japan. Japan is very modern country, it is cramped yet neat, super clean, concrete jungle. For me myself, as an amateur photographer, those things are something. The perspectives and anything. I’ll go hunting for photos everyday! T
