Omikoshi On Crowded Streets
Summer is over and on comes the sad feeling of not being able to enjoy many more festivals. I know I have probably visited more festivals than 99.9% of the population of Japan this year, but I still crave more. Luckily the big one is coming up soon, the massive Kawagoe Matsuri that I have blogged so much about in the last few years. It’s on this weekend in Saitama prefecture’s Kawagoe City, and if you can only attend one single Japanese festival in your life, this might well be the one to aim for! It’s an easy train ride from Tokyo so there’s no excuse if you’re anywhere near the Kanto area. It’s going to be very very crowded, so if this weeks bad weather continues you might be in for a lucky break, as rain always means fewer people. Still, I wouldn’t expect less than a million people crowded into the narrow streets of Hon-Kawagoe! Talking about crowded streets, here’s a few photos I took at Ikebukuro’s Fukuro Matsuri a month ago. You don’t want to stand in the way of these omikoshi teams!
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