Friday night was our third time going to the annual Noryo Matsuri, or Summer Festival, in Azabu Juban, and it's definitely less exotic than it was for us in 2007, when we were fresh off the plane, or last year, when we were more excited about surfing along in the crowds. Having said that, here are some new favorite photos from our evening.
Above, one of my favorite photos from Japan, because it's hard to capture the artificiality of Japanese fashion.
Lucinda and Arno dressed for the occasion:
Kimonos and crowds:
Shown from the back, a fan tucked into a sash (obi) holding a man's yukata (cotton kimono) together. The fan is printed with this year's festival poster design.
And fruit with a colorful candy coating, cooling on a huge block of ice. Friends of Lucinda and Arno bought some and found, to their disappointment, that their fruits were ume, or sour plums. (Top left in photo)
After a long walk home, Lucinda declared that she doesn't want to go next year because she played three games of chance and was rewarded only with the cheapest and worst toys.
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