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Oct 30 2009 9 Comments

Kawagoe festival floats

The mikoshi, or portable shrine, is a favourite of most Japanese festivals, but at the one in Kawagoe, the lifting of such far from light objects is instead forfeited for unfeasibly large floats; heavy and hulking monsters which, when manoeuvred around the city’s relatively narrow streets, are quite a spectacle to say the least.

Kawagoe festival

Allowing the older fellas who lead them to feel understandably important,

Kawagoe festival

and proud.

Kawagoe festival

Although those doing the pushing and pulling all day are perhaps justified in feeling a little bit peeved.

Kawagoe festival

But on the whole it’s a chance for participants of all ages to have a tremendous amount of fun in traditional togs,

Kawagoe festival

as well as timidly tackling a little toddle around town.

Kawagoe festival

Categorized: Culture, Photography

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  1. Dex says

    10/30/2009 at 6:49 pm

    Love the colors. The first image is awesome. Almost doesn’t look real!!

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  2. Jonathan says

    10/30/2009 at 7:17 pm

    Great post Lee! haha I love the 4th one!

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  3. dans says

    10/30/2009 at 7:28 pm

    great photos. I love them.

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  4. Rob says

    10/30/2009 at 9:36 pm

    Awesome picks. It’s nice to see a culture that still takes pride in it’s traditions. Where I grew up people in traditional clothing usually got laughed at 🙂

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  5. oskar says

    10/31/2009 at 3:44 am

    using this in hope someone can help me.
    some weeks ago i got to a photo blog with pictures of konbini food. now i cant seem to find it. it was a simple white design on the blog.
    thats all i remember, hope someone can help me!

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  6. Tornadoes28 says

    10/31/2009 at 3:46 pm

    The man in the 4th one looks very intense.

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  7. Josie says

    11/1/2009 at 12:11 am

    Excellent photos. I love your depth of field/focus use.

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  8. The Envoy says

    11/1/2009 at 6:24 pm

    The last image scares me a little.

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