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Kishiwada Festival--Thursday September 15

The Kishiwada Festival is two days every year—September 14 and 15. I was so dead on Wednesday as were all of my friends that I was intending on meeting that we went only on Thursday night. Apparently, someone dies at this festival every year. The deal is that they have these floats, in this festival they’re called danjiri, and they run with them. The floats take sharp right angled turns at full speed. The danjiri weigh 4 tons! Imagine that going super fast through crowded, narrow streets.

By the time we reached our destination, it was way past the time where they’re running through the streets. Mostly, everyone just really tanked at this point. The floats were cool. They looked like ships with a lot of lamps. I think everyone riding on the float was male, wearing a traditional (?) Japanese shirt (the type that is tied with a belt), white tights, and the weird Japanese shoes that separate the big toe from the other toes. (Look at the photos if what I’m describing doesn’t make sense.)

I also randomly found this other blog that talks about the festival Undercover in Japan .



Men on the Danjiri



Lanterns at Kishiwada



Men in the Bottom of the Danjiri



Back of the Danjiri



Front of Another Danjiri



J-Man and the Danjiri



Men in White Tights

posted by Bex @ 10:31 PM