There was a food festival area (with beer) and then we went and found a place on the street. Our butts were tired. Thankfully, the local convenience store had these lovely cardboard seats. It made a hexagon, and the way it folded in supported my weight! We folded them up and took them with us to the next festival! Too cool! Recyclable seats!
So the folks walk a bit, stop, and put on a show. This happens several times, only once did we get caught by the drummers and musicians. Usually we got a great show! This is a shoulder hold.
The moon was out, and we got some magical shots. About 1,200, of which we are only sharing a few! :)
You can tell that sometimes the lanterns go out.
Tim's favorite set of kanto. It is actually pronounced Kantoh, or Kantou. Hold that last 'Oh' longer.
This is the view looking down the street. So amazing and lovely.
Sometimes Japanglish just cracks us up.
The butt hold has got to be tricky. If a performer's lanterns start to tilt too badly, another will come and take it away from then, using their hands to steady it and begin again.
It was enchanting to watch.
They're trying to re-light a lantern.
Obviously, this lantern set of kanto fell. But it shows you that it is real candle fire inside these puppies!
Between performances, they try to set things up again. This is a small one, for these little boys.
But others are big.
Sometimes they get really close together and bump. One looked like it might fall on us. We wondered if there'd ever been a fire of these.
At the end, everyone can go into the street and take a picture.
We all grouped up to take a pic. There we are, me, Hallie, Ian, Stefan (Tim on camera).
This lady was all dressed up and spoke excellent English. She wanted a picture of us. Ian, Hallie, William, her, Stefan, me.... hey, where's Dougie?!?
Yep, asleep on the sidewalk! He woke up after a few flashes catching him in the act. :)
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