On Saturday we ventured down to the Super Dream Circus. This was advertised as a magnificent acrobatic show where you can feel China in Sasebo. There were not very many people there but they are here for a month and a half and do three shows each day on the weekend and two each day during the week so I think their attendance is really spread out. The first act was o.k. It was a lot of guys dressed up as monkeys jumping around and some guys dressed up like the three wisemen. They spent the whole time talking in Japanese and acting some thing out - I have no idea what!! After intermission it was more entertaining. They did tricks on the trapeze and even had a dog dressed as an elephant. Even though it was Chinese - it was still soooo Japanese! Very interesting...
The circus tent! The tent is right on our way to main base so we pass it constantly. Now I am guessing Ben will be asking to go back every time we pass by it.
Waiting for the circus to start. We were put smack behind a school group. There were barely any other people there but in typical fashion, we were all squished together. One of the school teachers gave Ben a piece of candy. I think the Japanese kids eat a lot of candy because everywhere we go Ben gets candy from people.
Peace Papa
The babies did pretty well until towards the end. They were tired and probably a bit bored. Piper wanted to sleep but couldn't get comfortable in my arms plus she didn't want to miss out on anything.
This guy was dressed in some weird mask thing and kept doing little waves with his arms. It was kind of creepy. In the back are the three "wisemen" characters. One had a pig snout.
This three circle thing was neat. The guys were dressed up in transformer looking gear and got that thing moving. They were doing tricks on the outside of the rings too.
So after the show we walked outside to a circle thing where kids could pay about $5 for a try at it with the clowns. I think the clowns are from Colombia. I thought they were going to do a tight rope show but they didn't. I don't know if being a clown is more prestigious???
Of course Ben wanted to try it.
There he goes. Once again Japan obviously is not worried about liability. Ben was put with the clown who appeared a little more worried about the kids. The other clown was doing yipees and walking backward.
There he is at the top.
The little boy who went after Ben was about ready to cry when he went around. I'm not sure where Ben gets his boldness but he sure does keep us on our toes!
