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(#) The editorial meeting for this issue was called off due to a heavy snow. To be honest, I was relieved to hear the news from the chief editor, when he called me in the morning to let me know. There were only a few events in February that needed any editorial discussion. And so I happily allowed myself to relax, hoping that all would be done before I knew it. But of course, things didn’t turn out to be so easy: I was asked to write the editor’s notes.

(#) The UNESCO Noh Theater was a great success, I hear. The performance bright- ened up the eventless month with excite- ment, more than enough to let the whole audience forget about the cold winter outside. I’d like to express my respect and gratitude to all people concerned.

(#) There is a Japanese saying that “February flees away and March marches off (Nigatsu wa nigeru, sangatsu wa saru).” True. Meteorologically speak- ing, we are already more than a week in spring, but as for me, the lingering snow and the cold air keep me from going out. I imagine that spring is even farther away in the northern part of the country, where they are still buried deep in the snow. Spring, spring, please come soon!! May spring come soon to the northern regions, too, and a peaceful spring to all other regions of the world.

(Y. Shimizu)