Japanese flamenco student Maika Kubo performs with Hidalgo and Howarth during private performance at...
Japanese flamenco student Maika Kubo (L), 24, performs with Edu Hidalgo (C), 27, and Liam Howarth, 25, during a private performance at the "Flamenco en Sevilla de Opera" hall in the Andalusian capital of Seville November 21, 2013. Kubo began learning the traditional southern Spanish style of music and dance while at university in Japan, where she studied languages. Her passion led her to come to Spain, where she has now been living for over a year, taking flamenco classes, working as a shop assistant and doing various other jobs. "Flamenco makes me feel so alive," she said. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN - Tags: SOCIETY)