Last weekend, Tokyo residents celebrated the summer with (at least) two area festivals. . . and as one was in my former neighbourhood and one in the current one, I went to both. I have never seen more food than at the first one (in my old neighbourhood)! There was every kind of food imaginable, from noodles to octopus, kebabs to fried rice, (literally rice that was fried, on a stick!), kakigoori (shaved ice with syrup on top) to Japanese wines, champagne and beer. There was Turkish food and Egyptian food and Indian food, Italian food, even Sri Lankan food!
My new friend O'Rhi with her well-deserved noodles!
Octopus!
The Sri Lankan food stall!
We found the Dom Perignon stall!
The second festival, the Koenji Awa-odori, was completely different. Okia and I walked down to the far end of the market street in our neighbourhood and settled down. Pretty soon, people started lining up. And then, the dances began. I watched enthralled as old and young, men and women, dressed in various traditional Japanese costumes, travelled down the street, dancing in formation, playing instruments and calling out the traditional chants.
My new friend O'Rhi with her well-deserved noodles!
Octopus!
The Sri Lankan food stall!
We found the Dom Perignon stall!
The second festival, the Koenji Awa-odori, was completely different. Okia and I walked down to the far end of the market street in our neighbourhood and settled down. Pretty soon, people started lining up. And then, the dances began. I watched enthralled as old and young, men and women, dressed in various traditional Japanese costumes, travelled down the street, dancing in formation, playing instruments and calling out the traditional chants.
Geta
3 comments:
Great pics! How lucky you are to see the traditional dances in the street. And the clothing is marvellous, so colourful. Did you find out what these particular dances signify?
Looks like a lot of fun, as well as a great place to take photos! What is a typical Sri Lankan dish made up of?
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Yummy! that food looks good. It looks like you are still having lots of fun, I hope you are a happy little bunny!
Off to bed now before I turn in to a pumpkin ... oh shit ... too late!
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