MATSURI I!!! FESTIVALS!!
First up is the Hakata Yamagasa Gion festival. It's held in the capital of our state Fukuoka - the biggest city in Kyushu. It has a loooooong history, we set off at 11pm with Tin's tutor and his girlfriend:
"Yama" literally mountain - they're very decorative and each one changes every year on both sides.
For those that know - Gegege no kitaro
Men in Japanese loincloths
Old man changing in public -__-"
A yama a team of 12 or 16 men will be carrying and running with, of course they changed the carriers. The yama are VERY heavy...hundreds of kilograms up to a tonne. There's seven in total, they time a 5km?? course.
My first bit of festival food!!! shaved ice XD
My vantage point - next to a chicken skewer stall *salivates*
Sooooo many people -___- at 4am in the morning
A vid of the first yama approaching the finish line:
More festival posts coming up!!!
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