Tuesday 17 June 2014

Local festival -Takamatsu shrine-

There was a local small shrine festival near my house
It rained really hard and stopped 





It was hard to take photos in darkness
I am still having difficulty in shooting pictures of people 
I have to get one step closer




Girls playing with chain which is hung from the roof of the shrine





People dance a traditional dance which is called "sansa"







She got tired









Boys are excited to see lots of insects captured in the plastic bag
which were attached to  lights





The girl really wanted a specific character that floating on water

















Game stuff seller















If the boy wins paper, rock scissors, he can get two bananas
But he lots the game
And I didn't see any people holding two bananas
Shop lady was actually really good at it




Shooting
This guy too. Shelf was always the same, nobody seemed hit the character 






Gold fish catcher
They wanted to try but they were hesitant
So they kept watching other people to scoop goldfish







Extra

We don't have stable weather these days
It rained suddenly and stop






Pine tree
Pine tree is kind of boring tree, nothing changes throughout the year
I had been thinking like that but when I took this picture, I changed my aspect







Light
Sometime, we also have sudden light












Saturday 14 June 2014

Chaguchagu umako


 Chaguchagu umako is one of the famous festival in Morioka 
This festival started 200 years ago to pray for a rich harvest
Hundreds of dressed up horses walk from one shrine to the main shrine in Morioka
I went to the very beginning shrine which is 15 km away from the final shrine


We had a heavy rain in the middle 
Following pictures were taken at the first shrine and last shrine
























A girl who is supposed to ride a horse is waiting for the horse to get dressed
Standing with her grandma, looked bit worry













Each horse goes to shrine to pray










Waiting lot




70 year old, old grandma horse









She was so excited to get on the horse 
















A horse watching girls 







On the way 






Final shrine
Horses were tired after long walk and heavy rain