Photo of the Day: Musical Floats On The Move

This set of pictures are musical floats on wheels commonly found at Japanese festivals. They are typically people powered, such as one found during the Sanja Matsuri

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… and the Kanda Myojin Omikoshi Togyo in 2009.

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Sometimes, you find one on a truck such as these taiko drummers during the 2009 Ueno Natsu Matsuri parade in Tokyo.

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Cool, huh?

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