Sunday, November 13, 2005

Kashima by Kandlelight

This was an amazing festival held in a shrine in Kashima. Definitely one of my top picks in the area. Over 20,000 candles were lit over a period of 3 days at the shrine, and hundreds of spectators showed up just to walk around the grounds and take pictures. Like me.

Live tradional music was also played - at one point they played some Irish tunes, and I was all "WTF?", but they did a good job so whatevs. Walked around the downtown area and took part in mochitsuki, where a pile of hot rice is slammed by these wooden mallets until it turns into a sticky paste. Then you eat the paste with some sweet beans in a soup. It`s kinda gross, but some people really like it.

Anyways, here are some of my favourite pics from the shrine!






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