Surprise Festival!

On our second day in Tokyo (Saturday Sept. 18th) there was a festival that paraded right by our apartment!

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During the day it was with many kids, some beating a drum, some carrying a mini shrine, and many pulling another shrine. They took a break right infront of our apartment for some ice cream!!!

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At night the kids were replaced by adults (mostly men) in festival garb. We followed them for about an hour from 6-7pm (They continued carrying the shrine until 9pm).

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When they took their first break a few of them insisted on taking photos for us in front of the mikoshi wearing their Happi outfits. ☺

A few of them also insisted we help carry it for a little bit...which we did...and I escaped very quickly because that thing is HEAVY!!!!

Sadly I don't have any pictures of me carrying it ☹ But I did get Helen and Ana! 

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Overall (despite the painful shoulders afterwards) it was a great night!

A few of my pic were stolen from Ana's flickr account...so go worship her account to give her credit =D