Naotaro Moriyama visited Taiwan after more than 10 years and praised Taiwan’s quick earthquake relief response | Entertainment | CNA

2024/4/26 15:07(Updated 4/26 15:21)

(Central News Agency reporter Wang Xinyu, Taipei, 26th) Japanese singer-songwriter Naotaro Moriyama will perform in Taipei tomorrow night. In an interview today, he praised Taiwan’s rapid response to the earthquake relief. Japan should learn from Taiwan, and he will perform in Taiwan again after more than 10 years. , he also said that Taiwanese people are still quite friendly.

Naotaro Moriyama started a craze with his song “Sakura” in 2003. It was not only the representative song of the graduation season, it was even so popular that it was covered by Taiwanese artist Zhang Shanwei into the Chinese version of “Manatsu no Sakura”. This time he came to Taiwan to perform again after more than 10 years. Naotaro Moriyama said in an interview today that he was looking forward to eating delicacies such as xiaolongbao, braised pork rice, and fried noodles.

Naotaro Moriyama said that the last time he came to Taiwan, he performed at the Flower Expo Park. It was a concert with tens of thousands of people, and he was impressed by the large number of people. In addition, there were many vendors outside the venue. I remember everyone would chat while eating, ” This time, I can feel that Taiwanese people are still very friendly and there is no sense of isolation between people. This feeling has not changed. “

The Central Meteorological Administration issued a special heavy rain warning this morning. Naotaro Moriyama was originally scheduled to broadcast live in Ximending. He emphasized today, “We will proceed as planned. We will travel rain or shine. It is possible to play the guitar even if you get wet.”

In addition, a strong earthquake occurred in Hualien at the beginning of the month. Naotaro Moriyama said that Taiwan’s disaster relief response was very timely and the whole society was able to respond very quickly. “Seeing this, I feel that Japan should learn from Taiwan.” (Editor: Chen Zhengwei) 1130426

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