Delayed post. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Blog-clog.
Here are some pics and videos of a local Aki Matsuri, Fall festival, in
the town of Kichijoji, which is 2 stops away. Photos were taken Sunday,
Sept. 14.
  
These booths are givens at the festivals in Japan.
1) Omen: plastic masks of popular characters for kids. Like the awesome Anpan-man!
2) Yaki-Tomorokoshi: BBQ'd corn w/ shoyu. Burning shoyu smells good, and so Onolicious.
3) Anzu-Ame: Mikan, Pineapples, and Ume on a stick in corn syrup. The
outer corn syrup candy will give you cavities for the rest of your
life. Surprisingly, I thought the salty/sour Ume balanced it out. You
get to Jan-Ken-Pon with the lady to see if you can get one for free.
"Saisho wa goo, jan ken pon!" We lost, but she felt sorry so gave us
one anyway. Obachan Arigatou!
  
4) Kingyo-Sukui: hmmmm ... catch goldfish w/ a Monaka (thin wafers) cup
before it rips. There was a turtle version too. If you get a turtle and
you can turn it in for 1000 yen. A kid (teenager, damn I feel old!)
turned in three in a row.
5) Bataa-Imo: Baked potatoe w/ butter. Direct translation. Looked good and best bang for your buck.
6) Okonomiyaki: squares ones. And they don't cost $15 like at Chibo!
A beer and a hot Okonomiyaki ... now that's an awesome combo. Note: You
can drink alcohol in public. Not that I do, but there are people
cruising at the train stations drinking beer, and public parks during Hanami is insane.
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