Our Matsuri

Drinking from the big box outside City Hall

Another Matsuri? This time we donned our happe coats for our hometown festival. The revelry all began at City Hall. Barrels of sake were ladled into square bowls. 2 by 2 Matsuri team leaders were invited to kind of jump down a line and skull Sake in front of the crowd. Surprisingly we Gaijin (foreigners) were invited too, twice for kicks. More Sake flowed… where else in the world would hundreds of people be freely licensed to get blitzed in from of City Hall?

Carrying Girls on the Mikoshi

Then the real business of carrying the Mikoshi shrines began and we headed onto the street with our girls dancing on the top. We marched saya sa saya sa up the main street with throngs of people on the sidewalk watching us and the many other teams. To be honest, this time it was all a bit of a blur… By the end of the day the Sake had taken its toll and I needed a lie down in the back of Takesan’s izakaya. Naomi kindly hunted down my lost bag while I napped off the effects. An hour later, bag found, and after drinking a couple of miso soups I was recharged and I sought out the team, murdering Karaoke at the afterparty.

**Photos in the photolog under Japan>Gifu Matsuri

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