Azabu Juban Shotengai Matsuri (麻布十番商店街祭り)
Japanese float @ 麻布十番商店街祭り
The wonderful thing about wandering the streets of Tokyo in the summer is you never know what you will run into. One day I stumbled upon a festival featuring this festival float (舞車) which looked like it could have been from a much earlier era (were it not motorized). The Japanese kids playing the instruments on the float could have looked a bit happier, but I suppose after a hot day of playing the same thing for hours on end they had lost much of the gusto I imagine they had earlier in the day.