Japan is a country of festivals, and in no season are those festivals more plentiful than in summer. Neighbourhoods have little festivals where they carry "mikoshi" up and down the streets (between pounding back the sake, of course); communities have "obon" festivals with dancing, taiko drums, and, in some random cases, Hawaiian dancers; and of course, there are the big festivals involving hundreds of dancers, musicians, street vendors, etc. This summer, I enjoyed a little bit of everything, and even found myself up on stage at one point.
Anyway, pictures and story follow. Enjoy!
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