In Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, which is the host town of Ireland at the Tokyo Paralympics Tournament, a concert was held in which people with disabilities participated, and Japan and Ireland co-starred before the tournament was half a year old. ..

Narita City will be registered as a host town in Ireland at the Tokyo Paralympic Games and will have a pre-camp.



On the 11th, a concert was held to deepen the understanding of people with disabilities through music, and Junichi Kawai, chairman of the Japan Paralympic Committee, said, "It's not something you can't do, but how you can do it. I want you to know. It can only be said that we live in harmony by making the best use of the goodness of each person. "



Then, six men and women aged 9 to 51 who lived in the city and had intellectual or developmental disabilities appeared on the stage as a team and played Japanese drums with professional musicians.



The members gathered on the weekends for about two months and practiced under the guidance of the performers.



A pre-recorded performance by people with disabilities in Ireland was projected on the large screen, and the Narita City team struck a Japanese drum along with the performance and played a co-star in Japan and Ireland.



The state of the venue was distributed via the Internet so that people in Ireland could see it.



A 41-year-old woman who visited the venue said, "I enjoyed listening to the Japanese drums and Irish performances."

Ryu Yokoyama (16), who played with a developmental disability, said, "I practiced for about 15 minutes every day, so I got blisters in my hands. I was nervous, but it was a lot of fun."



Satomi Yokoyama (47), her mother, said, "I'm not good at repeating the same thing for a long time, so I was worried if I could remember the song, but he played the best I've ever played."

Kentaro Abe, chief of the Narita City Olympic and Paralympic Promotion Office, said, "I hope you will feel that creating one thing and sharing emotions is a step toward the realization of a symbiotic society, regardless of whether or not you have a disability. I was talking.