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Posts tagged matsuri

Getting ready for the show

inuyama castle fireworks setup yukata

Inuyama Castle fireworks

Octopus balls

tako matsuri

Takoyaki (たこ焼き) at a summer matsuri

Dance of the dead

bon odori Nishikubo Hachiman Jinja Summer Festival (西久保八幡神社例大祭[夏祭り2013])

Nishikubo Hachiman Jinja Summer Festival (西久保八幡神社例大祭[夏祭り2013])

Continuing our October/Halloween related posts, today’s photo (beyond the title) really has nothing to do with October or Halloween as the Japanese do their dancing (盆踊り) to honor their dead ancestors in the middle of summer.

Panning for gold… fish

金魚を飼う japan matsuri panning gold fish inuyama hanabi taikai

金魚屋 @ 日本ライン夏まつり納涼花火大会

日本ライン夏まつり納涼花火大会

japanese fireworks festival hanabi taikai inuyama

Summer Japanese fireworks festival (Hanabi Taikai in Inuyama, Japan)

If you can’t read Japanese, what you can purchase at these temporary shops, set up just for this evening’s event, are buttered potatoes, cold pineapple, yakisoba, and “snowballs.”

Festival procession

shrine festival tokyo shinjuku nishiwaseda japan tenso jinja

Almost four years have passed since this festival took place at Tenso Jinja (天祖神社).