I'm too tired to say very much right now. I got up at 4:30am in order to get ready and walk over to where the matsuri was happening at 6am. You'd think that 6 was too early for some people...suffice it to say, if I didn't have my 7x zoom camera held over my head, I wouldn't have been able to see a thing.
I would post video, but after arduously uploading...I get an error at the end :-(
Instead, here are some pictures, mostly shot from the main shopping arcade. The mikoshi you see in the first picture is on its way out (opening ceremonies over).
Also seen are: the flags for each mikoshi, another picture of people carrying mikoshi in procession, an open container of sake for everyone to enjoy, a cute mini mikoshi for kids to enjoy, and dressed up audience members climbing over each other to get a better view of the mikoshi-fighting.
2 comments:
Nice pics, Interesting combination of the traditional mikoshi and the modern shopping mall. I guess it is exactly what japan is- both modern and traditional. What is mikoshi fighting?
Mikoshi fighting! I nearly forgot to explain the crucial most exciting event. It's where two mikoshi, carried by their team, are rammed into each other. The two people standing on top of each mikoshi then sort of fight each other. It's quite exciting. When the two mikoshi hit each other, there's a huge CRACK! that's pretty disturbing. But still exciting.
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