Every summer there is a 3 day festival in Himeji for the castle. There is a parade, many dances and lanterns. This year I saw parts of the festival but there was also a dance music festival on at the castle at the same time which is where I spent most of my time. It is a really nice time of year - the days are hot but it is nice to go into the city at night and it is just bustling and so much is going on. And of course there is festival food - yum!
The parade - shakuhachi players
A shrine in the parade
This is the festival mascot - it is the castle - so cute!
Me, Rachel and Emily at the music festival enjoying shaved ice!
This guy was doing all sorts of cool moves with the wooden instrument and then he took his shirt off . . . Rachel commented that she liked his tattoos and he then proceeded to show us that they also went down his thigh - yes he was a yakuza (Japanese mafia!)!!
Lanterns lining the main street
The castle and the DJ tent at the music festival - there were even laser beams pointed at the castle!
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