Hirosaki's dance studio is currently online because it is not possible to attract people to lessons due to the new coronavirus.

At Hula studio moani, a hula dance class in Hirosaki City, I switched to online lessons from April 6. “I saw the situation of my friends in Tokyo and Hawaii and felt the need for online lessons since mid-March, so I consulted with the students,” said Kiyoko Tanaka.

When starting an online lesson, we checked the students' internet environment and the presence of devices such as smartphones and computers, and it was possible for everyone to go online, but if only students in their 60s can not go to the classroom I offered you. The monthly fee is deferred, no monthly limit is set, and it can be received any number of times. Mr. Tanaka smiles, "The difficulty is that it is difficult to give detailed instructions such as hand movements, but the practice video sent to the students every morning has a good reputation."

Dance studio "Funky Stadium" (Yamadocho, TEL 0172-88-6499) started online lessons from April 15. Representative Nobuo Iwabuchi said, “The atmosphere of Hirosaki has changed since the Hirosaki Sakura Festival was canceled and the number of infected people began to appear in the prefecture. The sponsored event was also canceled from the postponement, and lessons will be canceled for two weeks from April. And I thought it was an urgent task to go online."

In addition to regular lesson fees for members, we also set lesson fees for non-members, and we also support cashless settlement. The members paid a lesson fee due to the online system, but the members who continued the lesson were given unlimited lessons. "It's more important to create an environment where people can come into contact with dance, rather than staying at home and keeping their bodies stationary," said Iwabuchi.

On the 15th, there were 5 programs online lessons, and 120 members took them. It was said that there was also participation from a former member who graduated from the stadium and moved to Tokyo. "The children were taking lessons more intensively than they had expected. Instead of waiting for the end of the new coronavirus, we had to do something new and create attractive lessons and events online."

The culture school "LOCO STUDIO" (Ekimaemachi, TEL 0172-55-6473) has made all classrooms online from April 13. Representative Emi Mikami says, "We made a rush to do everything from setting the application to maintaining the Internet environment. We still have some deficiencies."

"I was surprised when I took an online lesson and received an application from outside the prefecture. I realized that an attractive teacher's lesson could be applied regardless of the location. Online may be an opportunity for rural areas. However, the problem is that there are not many people in rural areas who can create an online environment."