挙母祭り (koromo festival)

koromo is the name toyota city had before the motor company moved in and made it flourish. a few weekends ago we (nobuko, cleo, and my host siblings) headed to a local park for a festival happening there.
you can see me here making glass beads and eating dead-fish-on-a-stick. that fish came from the river running through the park. things with faces are always tastier when you know where they come from - i can eliminate any ethical nagging in the back of my mind. there was all sorts of traditional stuff: tea ceremony, pottery, some awesome weaving and fabric dying, and later on was a good 3 hours of music.

there was a didgeridoo artist (whom i later talked to and played with), a mexican band, an ocarina band, and finally an all female tyco drum band. only the most traditional imported music for a traditional japanese festival! as the didgeridoo guy (mishima) was playing the moon was rising over the mountain behind the stage through the misty clouds. it was quite eerie to see/hear.