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May 05, 2003
Golden Week Day 2
(Yesterday was the first day of Golden Week by the way. Why it is called Golden Week I don't know, seeing as it is only three days this year!)
(Click on the pictures for larger versions.)
The Tatsumi family at Suma Rikyu Park. (Thats Yuka on the far left.)
Me and my fountain in Rikyu Park.
The Danjiri (sorry its blurred but it was either blurred and bright or sharp and dark and bright just looks better!)
Today I went to Suma Rikyu Park (Suma Detached Palace Park) with Yuka and her family. Its a large park with lots of flowers and an arrangement of fountains and other water features leading up to the "rest house". It all looks very grand and impressive anyway. After that we went to a small French restaurant in another city (I forgot the name of the city but I'll check). It looked to me like it was a converted apartment (it was on the second floor of a "mansion") and was run by a family, the husband cooking and the wife serving so there was a bit of a wait to be served but the food and atmosphere were good so we didn't mind.
Towards the end of the meal there was loud drumming outside. Apparently the city was having a Danjiri festival that evening and the drumming was accompanying the Danjiri as it paraded through the streets. A Danjiri is a big wooden thing on wheels about the size of a small caravan which is pushed and pulled around by hordes of local men (and women? Not sure, didn't see any) with some dancing and waving lanterns on the top. I think the Danjiri is meant to be some kind of shrine but I'm not entirely sure. Anyway, it was fun. I saw Mr Doi, one of the teachers from Kita High School, who apparently lives nearby. He's quite a young guy and I didn't recognise him in his T-shirt, shades and flat cap - at school he always wears a suit!
Posted by JapanMike at May 5, 2003 12:02 AM
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