If you go to the Lord of the Rings gate of the Miyoshi apartment in Nodame Cantabile, you will find...

On page 10 of "Nodame Cantabile #47," when she arrives at the apartment in Paris, Nodame cries out, "Whoaaaaaa?" "Am I really going to live in a castle like this?! Because this gate is from Lord of the Rings..."

This gate,Picasso's StudioIt's on Rue Christine, near Place Saint-Michel, where the old one was. I had a hard time finding it.Nodame Cantabile's Journey" page, I knew the general location, but I didn't know the details, so I walked around the area thoroughly and found it. Let's take a look. It looks like this.

The "Lord of the Rings Gate" is the gate to the Miyoshi apartment on page 10 of "Nodame Cantabile #47" and the gate to the left of Le Christine.

That's spot on. Unfortunately, the second floor and above are different.

Arriving at the apartment, she first touches the piano in Nodame's room and is taken aback by the fact that it is not tuned. Then, after hearing the piano in Chiaki's room next door and the sound of the room, Nodame says, "The sound is... different. Chiaki-senpai... grew up listening to this kind of sound. Ahh..." Urged by Chiaki to "play something," Nodame begins to play Ravel's "Mirror."

The suite "Mirrors" is a set of five piano pieces composed by Maurice Ravel in 1905 when he was 30 years old.1906 November 6stToParis OfNational Music AssociationAt the concertRicardo ViñesEach piece was composed by the "Les Artistiques Thugs", a group of young Parisian artists to which Ravel belonged, who supported the new art.ApacheIt is dedicated to the members of the

蛾(Noctuelles）
Sad birds(Sad oiseaux）
Boat on the Ocean(Une barque sur l'océan）
Clown's Morning Song(Dawn of the funny）
Valley of Bells(The valley of the cloches）

It is unclear which of these he played in the original work, butAnime versionIn this piece, he plays the fourth piece, "The Clown's Morning Song." Here, he is played by the pianist and anesthesiologist who was the second youngest graduate (at age 13) of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto after Glenn Gould.Performed by Naida ColeLet me introduce it to you. The tempo is fast, and the sound of the roundness scatters, making it a performance that makes you think of Nodame's performance.