Seya! Seya!
Heavy... but we still are going to dance:And our festival hairstyles may not be as fancy as in other places, but we're cool anyway, dammit!....
29 Sep 11:50 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
If I had a hammer
yes, he has a hammer:....
28 Sep 11:55 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ambitious mikoshi carriers
They were actually jumping with this thing on their shoulders!You can see it better on video - the singing and jumping up are towards the en....
27 Sep 10:16 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tekomai
Girls leading the mikoshi procession:And here's a video (well, one of them) of the procession:....
25 Sep 11:55 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Batto embu taikai in Moka
at Nakamura shrine:Yeah, basically a fancy sword waving show.Here's a video:....
24 Sep 11:51 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kumano Brush Festival 2010
Having lived in Hiroshima for many years and having heard about the most famous town for making brushes less than an hour away, we finally m....
24 Sep 8:25 am  from  Hiroshima Oyako   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tengu at Nakamura Shrine in Moka
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23 Sep 10:05 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Priests doing priestly things
at Nakamura shrine in Moka:and before the ceremony - blessing the team:And re-enacting a myth:....
22 Sep 11:49 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
There were mikoshi at Rei Taisai too
Rei taisai is the proper name of the event (the one with yabusame and sword waving) we witnessed last Sunday. Top of the men's mikoshi:Pouri....
21 Sep 9:04 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Girls waving big knives
or rather, swords.At Nakamura shrine yesterday:I remember her from last year's event.But this girl was new:And here they are on video:....
20 Sep 8:40 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Yabusame at Nakamura Hachimangu in Moka
Sorry, no family album Sunday today.We went to a festival at the Nakamura Shrine in Moka. There was yabusame (traditional archery on horseba....
19 Sep 9:54 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Fireworks at Romantic Mura
That was last Saturday.I apologize for not posting anything yesterday. I normally do it rain or shine, Ramadan or Rosh Hashanah, but this ti....
14 Sep 11:37 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Family Album Sunday – another look at Yayoi Festival in 1960s
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12 Sep 6:35 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Family Album Sunday – Yayoi Festival mid 1960s
Nikko, of course.For more old photos from Japan, click on the "Family Album" label below.....
5 Sep 1:19 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Look at What I Stumbled Upon !
UNBELIEVEABLE GOOD FORTUNE !This is a scene I literally stumbled upon around 1PM yesterday afternoon.Months of preparations, visits to the r....
30 Aug 10:32 am  from  Mikes Ryukyu Gallery   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Dragonboats, Days Off and Great Friends
A CLOSE-UP LOOK AT A DRAGONBOATAfter a night of taking pictures in the August rain I sat at the kitchen table developing RAW shots until 2AM....
24 Aug 10:26 am  from  Mikes Ryukyu Gallery   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Fukagawa Matsuri
The Fukagawa Matsuri (officially the Fukagawa Hachimangu Matsuri) is one of Tokyo’s “Big Three” festivals, but seems to be a lot less ....
23 Aug 9:10 pm  from  Quirky Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kobe Obon Dancing Summer 2010
Here are the photos and the video from this year Obon Dancing festival (or Obon odori – お盆踊り in Japanese). Even though it looks li....
23 Aug 5:31 pm  from  Chottomatte\\   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Guys and Gals, Eisa Dancers and Facebook
So far this week, I've posted Eisa Gals and then Eisa Dudes so, today I decided to throw a photo with both in the same shot on here .It'll b....
17 Aug 11:24 pm  from  Mikes Ryukyu Gallery   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Matsuri da! (114): Angels with dirty faces
PARENTS LIKE TO THINK of their children as little angels—until they misbehave. Then they’re more likely to think of them as little devil....
17 Aug 1:03 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Couple Of Smiles
Close to halfway done developing RAW shots from the Festival the other night and decided I'd better post something before I get too tired to....
16 Aug 11:27 pm  from  Mikes Ryukyu Gallery   [Profile]  [Recent] 
My Picadaday
Well, this is the picaday, so far, anyway, from yesterday's photo shoot at the Kin Eisa Festival. There are still 300 some-odd more waiting ....
15 Aug 9:57 pm  from  Mikes Ryukyu Gallery   [Profile]  [Recent] 
VJ Day
Today is 「終戦記念日」 (lit. “Anniversary of the end of the war”), or, as it’s referred to in the West, VJ Day. So today is th....
15 Aug 6:16 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Miyajima Fireworks Photos
Some typically quality photos from this year's Miyajima Fireworks festival (as well as previous years) by Flickr user h.orihashi. ....
15 Aug 5:32 pm  from  Get Hiroshima   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Two Obons
This is the annual festival at my son’s preschool and was held on July 17. I thought it was kind of strange to have an Obon festival in Ju....
11 Aug 10:11 am  from  Quirky Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
What’s An Eisa Dance?
Living in Okinawa for over half my life I sometimes forget that things I may see everyday and take for granted would be news to folks back o....
8 Aug 12:23 pm  from  Mikes Ryukyu Gallery   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Festivals Foreign and Remote: How to for Photo Essays
Showing up at a Festival in a foreign country with a notepad and camera could be a recipe for disaster. If you want to leave a remote villag....
4 Aug 9:37 pm  from  Mikes Ryukyu Gallery   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Sweetfish, fireworks, and summertime fun
MUNICIPALITIES everywhere hold special events outdoors when the weather gets nice, and often those events include large fireworks displays. ....
18 Jul 2:51 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Mitama-祭り
Every year from July 13 – 16 the 靖国神社 (Yasukuni Shrine) has their annual O-bon festival called 「ミタマ祭り」 (“Mitama Fe....
17 Jul 8:54 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hydrangea heaven on earth
HYDRANGEAS have been a favorite of mine for as long as I can remember. My grandparents had a comfortable house in Baltimore with two large, ....
17 Jul 6:22 pm  from  ampontan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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