The first Friday this August we went to a summer festival. I don’t know the official term besides ‘awesome’! Most people wore a yukata (looks like a kimono) or jinbei (shirt and shorts outfit), Fireworks lasted about 90 minutes, and the vendors sold crazy foods. It was about hot, about 85 F (29.5 C) with 90% humidity.
There were breaks between some of the firework explosions to announce sponsors of the event on a loudspeaker. I’ve never seen this before. I wonder how much an ad placement costs. One sponsor was Coca Cola and a big bottle of coke lit up near the end, but I didn’t get a picture of it.
Kids were using a flat paper net to catch goldfish, and turtles! It was ¥100 per try and they were doing great even though the net break easily. Food like grilled meat on a stick, takoyaki, dangly tentacles, and other mystery meat ran ¥400-500. Here are a few pictures.
Summer festival fireworks
"I like Turtles!"
Mmm... grilled tentacles
Takoyaki aka Octopus
Looks like a good time. I’ve gotta get myself to at least one big festival before summer’s gone.
Yep..that’s what summer is all about….! Summer Festivals!
WOW, looks very neat. That does not seem hot after the week we had here in NC. Then again we didn’t have any cool festivals either….
billywest – Do it!
David Vasta – I haven’t experienced any heat waves yet. Hopefully I’ll miss out on that. And NC has the state fair right? State fairs are always a good time.
Not to be pedantic, but Takoyaki is GRILLED Octopus. Mmmmmm Oishi.
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