お祭り Local Festival

What's this?

Since we actually own our house, now we are full members of the community. First job is to decorate the house with these streamers for the local festival. It's harder than it looks. Spot the house where the stupid gaijin lives!!!

All dolled up and ready to go!
準備できた！

All the neighbourhood kids carry this portable shrine around the whole mountainside.
近所の子供たちはこの御神輿を山中にもって歩く。

Daddy gets in the spirit too! (Quite literally as there is much beer to quench the thirst on the way round!)
Daddyも頑張って参加したよ。

町民の皆さん。
Team shot.

Princess G suited up for her first Japanese festival too.
Gちゃんも初めてのお祭りに参加したよ。

For our pains, the neighbours we passed gave us loads of treats. That's why we needed the back packs. Japanese style Halloween? Amazing how we have been doing the same kind of thing at the same time of year, all over the world for centuries, innit?
頑張って歩いたら、近所の人からお菓子いっぱいもらうよ。日本風ハロウイーンかしら？
世界中にいたようなお祭りを同じ時期に行うのは不思議ですね！

楽しかった！
Another good day!