Radio Exercise (Radio Taisou)
There is a well-known exercise program in Japan. It's called "Radio Taisou (Radio Exercise." People who were born and raised in Japan definitely know this. The exercise program goes on air at 6:30 am, 8:40 am, noon, and 15:00 on NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation). When I was an elementary school student, kids in my neighborhood gather to do this exercise every morning during the summer holiday.
Even after growing up, some factory workers do this exercise before work or during the break. Also, there are some local communities to do this exercise together. In the novel "Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami has some episodes with this Radio Taiso. Anyway, it's truly well-known stuff.
However, my friend from the US didn't know about this (of course). She stayed in Hiroshima for one year to go to high school and she learned this exercise at the school. She believed it was her high school's own exercise. Later, she had a chance to travel to some other areas in Japan and she was so surprised to see people doing "her high school's" exercise. :P
Well, of course, it wasn't "her high school's," but whenever I see people doing this exercise, I remember this episode and think about how much she was surprised.
You can watch the TV version on YouTube. It's really a good program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feSVtC1BSeQ
Even after growing up, some factory workers do this exercise before work or during the break. Also, there are some local communities to do this exercise together. In the novel "Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami has some episodes with this Radio Taiso. Anyway, it's truly well-known stuff.
However, my friend from the US didn't know about this (of course). She stayed in Hiroshima for one year to go to high school and she learned this exercise at the school. She believed it was her high school's own exercise. Later, she had a chance to travel to some other areas in Japan and she was so surprised to see people doing "her high school's" exercise. :P
Well, of course, it wasn't "her high school's," but whenever I see people doing this exercise, I remember this episode and think about how much she was surprised.
You can watch the TV version on YouTube. It's really a good program.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feSVtC1BSeQ
