Kagurazaka Matsuri
Kagurazaka Matsuri Festival was held on July 22 to 25, 2009. Marking its 36th year, this festival is a popular summer event in the Kagurazaka area, near Shinjuku, a known destination for strolling through preserved old back streets full of nostalgic atmosphere.
During the festival, a Chinese lantern and ground cherry pod fair (Hozuki Ichi) was held at Bishamonten Zenkokuji Temple and vicinity.
The highlight of the festival was the parade of Awa Odori, a local folk dance of Tokushima Prefecture, Shikoku Island.
Groups of choreographed dancers and musicians known as ren danced through Kagurazaka Dori Street, accompanied by the shamisen lute, taiko drums, shinobue flute and the kane bell.
Performers wore traditional obon dance costumes, or summer kimono, and chant and sing as they paraded through the streets.
Men, women and children of all ages from the town enthusiastically participated, wearing colorful yukatas and happi coats.
Finally, a few videos from YouTube …
Hah! No maids! In your face, Ueno!
There were lots of maids during the Uchimizukko event in Akiba this weekend (Saturday). Did you see it?
No, I stayed around Radio Land on Saturday (I only get 2 30-minute breaks for “lunch” during the day so there’s not much I can do at any given time) and didn’t know there was anything going on in Akihabara. What did I miss?
Lots of maids watering the concrete grounds of Akiba
. I was able to attend and took lots of pictures, will have to blog about this soon.
Was this in the plaza in front of the Dai building, at the foot of the escalator/crossover bridge? I knew that there was something happening related to the month-long AGF09 event, but when I passed by during my 1 PM break, there were a lot of people standing around but nothing going on at the stage. Obviously, I missed all the good stuff on Saturday.
Yes. The actual event started about 5:00 pm and ended around 6:30 pm.
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Thanks for visiting my blog and for leaving a nice comment. Yes, Japan has a lot of different types of dances and they always always have interesting costumes.
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