Today was a make-up day for Saturday lessons that were cancelled due to the typhoon.

Today we have regular lessons in the morning and a calligraphy experience for tourists in the afternoon.

I was worried about what would happen if I made a reservation for a limited time stay and a typhoon hit, but I was able to reschedule, which was really good.

Joining us this time was Dominique from Germany.

Although this is apparently their first time doing calligraphy, they have produced many excellent pieces of work that you would never guess were their first time. ^^ They started by practicing their brush strokes on the characters for “river” and “three.”　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

It’s a very solid brush stroke.

Even the kanji character for “water,” which is not easy for tourists from non-Kanji-using countries, was easy to grasp after just one or two practice sessions.

This is a great talent, so we’re going to keep going.
After practicing brush strokes, we’ll try our hand at writing names in hiragana and katakana!

He also has a great sense of calligraphy and quickly mastered it. In the end, he even got to practicing his name in kanji, which he thought he would never get to.

There was already a unique kanji name for him, “Dominikku,” so I prepared it in advance and he practiced using it as an example.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

This is a kanji with many strokes so it must have been quite difficult for Dominique, but he tried his best to write it!

From there, participants will choose one character and then write it out on colored paper.

For the final copy, I chose the character “Bi” from “Dominiku,” which I found to be the most well written.　

Since he was able to write his name well, he signed it with a small brush and a wonderful piece of work was completed.

The friend who accompanied him was also very impressed with Dominique’s talent. Dominique was able to create many pieces and seemed pleased, saying, “It was fun!”

He was very good at calligraphy, so I would be happy if he would try calligraphy again when he returns to Japan.