Caroline's birthday falls on the same day as Taiwan's Independence day and she appreciates the fact that China Town puts on a party on her birthday, so we headed up to China Town in Yokohama to catch a bit of the event.
One of the main events we witnessed was the Dragon Dance. We didn't get the story on the process, but from what we could tell, several dragon teams were going around the streets of China Town going into each business in some type of chinese acrobatic dragon blessing before snatching an offering that was hung from the front of the store. In the store we were next to, it seemed they forgot to hang the offering up and they ended up donating a case of Kirin Beer to the team. It all seemed ritualistic and spiritual... either that or the protection schemes in China Town are pretty fancy...
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