Children's Day

May 5 is Children's day. Because March 3 is a girl's festival, May 5 is a boy's festival.
Fly the carp streamer and display a doll of helmet and brave Musha.

Of course I haven't it at home, so I went to the nearby KOMINKA Park and photographed it.
The carp streamer was hanging without energy, but imagine the figure of riding in the May breeze and swimming in the sky.
We call KOINOBORI which is the carp streamers on the pool.The carp streamers are made of cloth.

Samurai is an armor worn by warriors to protect their heads.
The symbol of the famous military commander is attached. We call it KABUTO.
These ornaments have a wish that parents want their boys to be healthy and strong.

KOMINKA（Old house）
There were such houses until about 50 years ago in old houses in Japan.
Mostly made of wood, the roof is a roof.

Cherry blossom

Cherry blossoms are exceptional for Japanese.
The long winter is over and the beautiful flower season comes.

This is a shrine where you can see famous OHANAMI in Kamakura.
OHANAMI is having lunch under the cherry blossoms and drinking alcohol.
Kamakura is located about an hour by train from the capital Tokyo.
It was the center of Japanese politics 900 years ago.

Some people visit shrines.
The big TORII is the gate of a shrine.

Wash your hands with water to cleanse.

Then please ask for health and safety at the main hall.

Fox wedding procession（KITUNE NO YOMEIRI)

I went to see the fox wedding procession of Tsugawa in Aga Town, Niigata Prefecture.

It was reproduced on the basis of folklore from the days when it was believed long ago that foxes would turn people.

A long time ago, there were foxes on Mt. Kirin , and every night the voice of the foxes were heard, and it was told that fox fire was seen.
The incidence of fox fire in Tsugawa was said to be the best in the world, and there were many stories related to fox in Mt. Kirin.
In old-fashioned Japan, marrying took place at night, and the process was done by lowering the embankment in the dark.
It is said that the light of this banklight looks like a fox, and the fox wedding procession has been born.

At 5:00 pm, the bride procession began with the little foxes at the top. The members of the procession were all making foxes.
Finally, the bride and groom crossed the river, got on the boat and went back to Mt. Kirin on the other side.
It is an event in the world of a fairy tale, so to speak, it may be interesting to see the appearance of good old Japanese costumes and vehicles.

The town was full of tourists with foxes makeup.


The police officers were also foxes.


The procession has finally arrived. The top was the children foxes.


Officials and female officials followed. The female officers have good habits. Everyone wore the kimono.


The maidens continued as well.


The protagonist of the bride is acting on the fox. It is said that it is a person chosen by the public offering from the person getting married this year.


Lady officers came. The basket continued to carry people next. In old Japan, people with high status got on the basket.


Young servants followed.


Men in the post were also well suited.


Everyone was serious expression.


There was such a cute baby fox.


The camera moved along with the protagonist bride.


It was a bride who turned into a fox.


Wedding ceremony. The elder's narrator's narrator of the facilitator led the procession of fantasy and it was quite good.


The bride and groom took the boat and went to the fantastic Mt. Kirin. Completed successfully.


Reference : Fox wedding procession