This was held on reclaimed ground in Kowloon. Ground is reclaimed from the sea, simply by pushing in scrap earth until the pile is high enough to rise above the water.
The Circus was held in a tent as at home. The seats were merely wooden benches. However for an extra 10c. you could have a bamboo mat.
Most of the audience were Chinese, who had brought their children along.
The acts in the circus were the usual ones but no safety net was used in the trapeze work. Here, everybody flung themselves about on a framework which looked rather unsafe and swayed rather dangerously.
The Japanese dance by girls wearing the traditional kimono, and carrying fans and cherry blossom was very effective. The gestures with these blossoms had some meaning because the Chinese around us smiled appreciatively but to us it looked rather peculiar but most effective. The movements of the dance itself were slow and definite, interspersed with a sudden quick turn of the body. The music was provided by a Japanese band playing traditional instruments.
The Globe of Death was very good. Two people, one a girl, rode motor bikes in it at the same time crossing and recrossing at split-second intervals and angles. Two people also stood in the bottom of the cage to give any necessary signals. This was highly dangerous for them.
There were the other usual acts, juggling, sea-lions, a chimpanzee etc.
Although all the performers were Japanese they did not seem foreign to us except that they seemed very small. Their faces seemed quite European.
This was well worth a visit.