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Rajio taiso or radio exercise (ラジオ体操) or calesthenics was begun in the November 1928 when NHK started broadcasting the show in conjunction with an insurance company. Some say it comes from America, others the Japan Post. You can read more by translating the rajio-taiso.jp site. Rajio Taiso is still quite popular. I see it being done every morning on the construction sites around Kobe and even at some of the companies I teach. During the Summer at around 7:00AM in just about any residential park you can and see young and old stretching to the radio taiso routine song. I’m not sure, but I think most of these localized activities are organized by the jijikai (senior citizens group). Ours is led by the local Boy Scouts possibly, but I’m not exactly sure. You can see just how popular rajio taiso still is buy clicking any of the neighborhoods listed on rajio-taiso.jp page (Japanese). The kanji for people is 人。 Here is some more info from Japan Post (Japanese). This video was shot in the park right in front of our building. The pre-music wakes us up and gives us five minutes to run down with the other 100 or so people. You’ll notice there is one boy standing on the raised platform (maybe he’s an Eagle Scout) with the other scouts on the sides and the jijikai leaders on the far right next to the table. They stamp the cards you see around everyone’s neck. Fill the card with stamps and you get free snacks at the end of the Summer. My son is seen at the end. The song is available for download below. You must be logged in to post a comment. |
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Peace.
so uhm yeah, greetings from an half irish half arabic guy that lives in germany! ah and start making more podcasts, like 3 a week 
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