Interaction Leads Us to New Future : Marumarutei-Ohagi at TEDxSannomiya

Marumarutei-Ohagi - Amateur Storyteller

In 1938, Ohagi Marumarutei was born in Kobe and grew up in Ashiya, Japan.
She had many opportunities to be exposed to rakugo (=traditional comic storytelling) because of her grandfather and father.

When Marumarutei got married, she moved to Higashi-Nada Ward, Kobe city and had three children.
Marumarutei came to love rakugo because after seeing a rakugo show in her 40's.

After her divorce, she worked in Hotel Okura as an advisor of wedding dresses.
Marumarutei became a volunteer reading books aloud for handicapped people after she retired. She also went to the Rakugo class for six years.

In 2013, she won the first prize in a rakugo competition.
Marumarutei performs rakugo in Osaka and Hyogo and is introduced by NHK and BS-TBS TV.

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