Last week, the neighborhood started preparing for 鳥越祭り (Torigoe Matsuri), setting out 新鮮 (shinsen, offering) in front of the 浅三 (Asakusabashi san-chōme) mikoshi. When the weekend finally came, we put on our matsuri clothes and headed to the shrine. This is Ayano’s first time participating in a local matsuri that required matsuri clothes, which we got in Nihonbashi for her last week, including matching pastel rainbow 帯 (obi, sash) for the both of us. Then we did the next-most important thing: we bought some cheap shave ice from 屋台 (yatai, food stalls). At 4pm, we met up with Daikichi when the local 神輿 (mikoshi, portable shrine) was paraded around our neighborhood. Nikki was also there, perched up on a fence, playing じゃんけん (rock paper scissors) with me. As the sun started to set, they lit the 提灯 (chochin, lanterns). That’s Nob (center-left in this photo) lighting the ones on the right side of the mikoshi. Daikichi is attending junior high now, which means he doesn’t get to see his…
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