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Tattoo culture in Japan is *quite* a bit different than it is in many Western countries. 149 more words
Japan: Nagoya (Nagoya Matsuri)
Nagoya holds the distinction of being the capital of Aichi Prefecture and Japan’s fourth most populated city. Three of Japan’s legendary and most powerful warlords hailed from or near Nagoya: Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-1598), Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) and Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) and are celebrated in its largest festival, the… 201 more words
The Hubby and I went to the bases 38th Annual Mikoshi Parade. The Mikoshi are these beautiful portable shrines that are carried by poles on the shoulders of men and women.
It sarted near the train station and traveled onto the base.
They seem to chant and sing while carrying the shrines. And some, like the one here, even have knockers on them that they hit as they move along.
He was ready for the camera!
I don’t know exactly why, but here they are actually pushing them backwards. I’m not sure if it was because they were just moving too quickly and catching up with the group in front of them or if it was a part of their ‘show’. Either way, that seems like it would be difficult.
It was great to see how much fun they were having doing this!
The amount of people who came out for this was really amazing!
There is a lot of time and effort put into these and you can tell, they are so detailed and beautiful!
Some groups even wave it up and down, and side to side in order to amuse the deity within.
Or by the look of it, to amuse themselves and the crowd.
Yokosuka Mikoshi Parade
Sorry it took me so long to get to this. Our belongings arrived this past week. Yay!! So I’ve been up to my ears, or higher in some areas, in stuff and haven’t had the time to sit down and work on this. 401 more words
