The weekend in Ichinoseki and the water throwing festival
Last weekend I went on a short trip with Pete and Roy up to the freezing country in the north known as 岩手 (Iwate). It was cold, kind of like home. In this cold, a tiny town has a festival every year involving dozens of near-naked men running through the streets having enormous bucketfuls of water dumped on them. It doesn't look fun, though you can smell the 酒 (sake) on them from meters away.
Here are the results of the journey.
Comments
Awesome festival, I really liked the movie of the dancing
Posted by: Jon | February 14, 2006 10:53 AM
photos were great but couldn't get the movie to run. What's up with the sandal? All three of you took photos of it...dad
Posted by: dad | February 15, 2006 6:34 AM
For the movie, it doesn't run automatically. You have to click on the link that says "Download Movie." I know it's a bit of a hassle.
As for the sandal ... well it was a magical sandal.
Posted by: Justin | February 15, 2006 8:24 AM