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Sunday, November 23, 2008
Ebisuko Festival: Colorful!
Last Thursday I was treated to a festival that I hadn't ever heard of before. Ebisuko. It was enough of a departure from previous festivals I've been to that I made a little video about it. Enjoy.
These plastic masks are a mainstay of the Japanese festival. They cost like 8 dollars a piece, which is a bit ambitious for something that probably cost a nickel to make.
Here's another shot of the fishing guys. I wanted to be sure to show the cool little masks that they were wearing.
I explained a bit about the god Ebisu in the video. Well, he is what the beer brand Yebisu is named after. I went to the Yebisu Beer Museum not too long ago, if you recall.
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I wonder why that woman making the jewelry is wearing that hat?
ReplyDeleteI have no clue. I'm bad, but those hats always remind me of Raiden from Mortal Combat.
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