japanese holidays – Gaijinette

#TBT That time I played taiko at Gion

March 22, 2018

I was just cleaning up my desktop and stumbled upon this video! A couple years ago, our friend Koji invited me, my husband John, and our buddy Casey to participate in his local Gion in the nearby town of Buzen. At Gion, teams from different neighborhoods walk around the city, play music, pull floats, and … More #TBT That time I played taiko at Gion

Bon Odori in Bungotakada

August 31, 2016

Families in Japan recently gathered to celebrate Obon, a holiday honoring the spirits of dead ancestors. Grown children return to hometowns, generations reunite, and together they visit and tend to relatives’ graves. Some carry the spirits back home to household altars to spend a few days together, preparing meals for them (a fading tradition, I … More Bon Odori in Bungotakada

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