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Oct 07 2016 8 Comments

Tokyo festival faces and fun

Traditional Japanese festivals often require a lot of effort, but the pay-off is that they are almost always a tremendous amount of fun.

Traditional Japanese festival faces and fun in Tokyo

Categorized: Culture, Photography, Religion

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  1. john says

    10/7/2016 at 10:00 am

    This looks different; like a photo from an old Ricoh GRD1 that has been grain ninja’d :O)
    I like the dark creases and the blown highlights that outline those other worldly (levitation inducing?) flying spacecrafts.
    At least someone heard you shout ‘chizu’ this time!

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    • Lee says

      10/7/2016 at 6:39 pm

      Cheers. I liked that look. Color seemed too distracting. In monochrome I feel the faces are much the focus, which is what I was after.

      And yes, especially the fella giving me a big smile!

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  2. Al says

    10/7/2016 at 8:36 pm

    Very cool. Love the faces. So many great expressions! 🙂

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    • Lee says

      10/7/2016 at 10:35 pm

      Thanks. It was a great moment to see. Especially so as it was purely by chance. One of those lovely, utterly unexpected Tokyo moments.

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  3. Matt Talbot says

    10/7/2016 at 10:38 pm

    Their idea of ‘fun’ and mine are obviously totally different.

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    • Lee says

      10/8/2016 at 10:39 am

      It does look hard work, doesn’t it? Can’t even imagine how their shoulders must feel the days after. But that said, the joy of those participating is always there for all to see. All helped of course by the presence of friends and large amounts of alcohol before, during and after.

      Reply
  4. adi mf says

    10/24/2016 at 5:46 pm

    What do they lift ?

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    • Lee says

      10/25/2016 at 5:45 pm

      It’s a mikoshi — a portable shrine. Here’s a much more detailed explanation than I could ever give: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoshi

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