I love, love, love festivals in Japan. Today was our neighborhood's fall festival, and I just love the sense of community that festivals and celebrations bring out in people!!
Our local shrine is Otori Shrine. It was established in 806, and they have been having festivals there for the past 300 years. Isn't that amazing!!
Here are a few of the highlights from the evening....
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| Carrying the small shrine through the neighborhood. |
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Lanterns around the entrance gate
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Traditional Dancing
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Yummy Food Stalls
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Big Drums
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Cute Games
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....and...more games.
We had such a great time strolling around the festival tonight...tomorrow will sooo be taking advantage of all the good food!! |
I love festivals also. Looks like alot of fun.I hope we get to see things like this when we come to Japan.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah...New Year's will be quite similar to this time...We will have a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteNice!!
ReplyDeleteNext week is the festival near my shrine!!
This weekend is the one at Kichijyoji.
I will try to take pix and up some too!!
This festival looks so interesting...I am wondering what the food will be like!
ReplyDeleteHey Kaputanchan--looking forward to seeing the pictures at your shrine...yeah...i think there are 5 upcoming festivals in our ward going on over the next month...
ReplyDeleteHi Laurie--I can say that the food is definitely different than festival food in the U.S...lots of octopus dishes...hahaha