Friday, September 21, 2018

Tsukushino Course and 2nd Bon Odori

Tsukushino Course in Yokohama is so fun!  With over 60 obstacles you have to stay a couple of hours at least.   On our second trip it was super hot and we ended up once again not having enough water.  There are vending machines around throughout the park though and we were able to buy more.  If only they had drinking fountains then we could have filled up our bottles.








My pictures don't really do the park justice, so if you find yourself in the Tokyo area it is worth the trip.

That night our local shrine was having their own Bon Odori festival.  That is about all I knew so we headed in the direction where we thought it was and before we knew it we could hear the drums.  Then we started to see the crowds.  The streets were full of groups of people with these carts and drums on them.  They were slowly marching them toward the shrine.  It was really cool to see.
When we got to the actual shrine it was super crowded.  I couldn't even attempt to push the stroller around.  Keeping all the kids together in the crowded dark was a challenge enough.
 We just walked around and kind of watched their ceremony.

They also had a lot of street food, but we just finished dinner so we didn't buy any.



It was cool to experience some of the Japanese culture without feeling like it was a tourist event.

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