Several council members came to see Shen Yun perform in Yokohama City.

Tokyo council member Koichiro Yoshida came all the way from Tokyo to see the show.

[Koichiro Yoshida, Tokyo Council Member]:
“(The background) screen can show you things you can’t do on stage, for example, show an explosion. The screen and the stage was combined very well, a kind of technique, which really has originality and widens the range of expression.”

Koichiro shared his concern about the lack of freedom in China after seeing a dance in Shen Yun depicting a practitioner of Falun Gong appealing for freedom of conscience.

[Koichiro Yoshida, Tokyo Council Member]:
“Currently, the Chinese government doesn’t acknowledge freedom of thought, belief, or religion. I really think that China has problems nowadays. It shouldn’t be like this.”

Other council members also expressed their wish for a freer China.

[Masao Obata, Yokohama City Council Member]:
“I pray from my heart for China to be a free country... a democratic, and a more independence loving nation."

Yoshinori Kanno, Yokohama council member, saw the beauty of ancient China in Shen Yun.

[Yoshinori Kanno, Yokohama City Council Member]:
“(Shen Yun) is really beautiful. I’ve always loved the traditional ancient China… because it’s the origin of civilization. (Shen Yun) is the original image of China, the beautiful image of China. I really love it. We Japanese yearn to see a wonderful China and I saw it in the show. It’s really wonderful.”

Shen Yun will travel south to Hiroshima to perform two shows on March 12.

NTD News, Yokohama, Japan.