Domoto Koichi cancels stage performance + sends guests off with a handshake
KinKi Kids‘ Domoto Koichi (32) had been performing at Imperial Garden Theater in Marunouchi, Tokyo until the earthquake hit last week. Understandably, both the afternoon and evening performances of his show, “Endless SHOCK“, were cancelled again on March 13th.
The staff had been preparing for the show to be re-opened that day, but with the continuing aftershocks and the uncertainty about the stage’s safety level, the shows were canceled 30 minutes before the afternoon performance.
Since over 1,800 people had come to the Imperial Garden Theater that day, Koichi himself gave the announcement from the stage. “I must regretfully announce that today’s show is canceled. I am truly sorry”, he apologized. He then confessed, “At such a time as this, I want to find something that I can do to help”, and sent off each guest one at a time with a handshake.
http://www.tokyohive.com/2011/03/dom...h-a-handshake/