This lantern-trimmed, old-style Japanese pleasure boat (spotted at Nikko Edo Wonderland) is named the Big Fortune Boat (大福丸). Once those tatami mats are laid out, you get on board, the sake begins to flow, and the food is served, you will consider yourself quite fortunate I’m sure.

By the way, yakata (fune–or bune after another word–means boat) doesn’t mean pleasure. It means the boat has a roof overhead to protect the pleasure seekers from any sun or rain that tries to ruin the event. You can see the larger, more modern style of these boats off of Odaiba on most summer nights.

Posted on February 28th, 2011 under Japan • Tags: edo wonderland, lanterns, nikko. • RSS 2.0 feed • Both comments and pings are currently closed