Showing posts with label Shishimai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shishimai. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Selected Photos from the Kin Town Full Moon Festival

5 Motion GIFs Depicting Some of the Action

 

 

It would be impossible to show you all of the 1000 images taken last night.

These photos are an example of what you may have missed.

And, part of the reason, I decided to take photos locally, instead of traveling to another location.

dancers on stage at full moon festival

This stage was set-up just a few minutes walk away from my office.

There are probably 1,000 guests sitting down in front, who got cropped out of the photos.


Okinawan karate,costume,

At a shrine nearby, some offerings are made, before the sun goes down.

Off to one side, this gentleman, warms up.

He will be taking a shishimai (lion-dog) to the festival.

lion-dog,shishimai,festival

Just in case, you've never met a shishimai, here's what the look like.

Two very talented and, athletic individuals, are inside that hairy suit.

Don't ask, who's uncle is in the background. He just wanted to make an appearance.

So, everybody let him.

Eisa dancers on stage,festival

It wouldn't be a festival, without Eisa and these characters were good at it.

yellow kimonos,blue umbrellas, dance

The colors might not be coordinated in this scene but, it sure jumped out at me.

Now, I'm having a tough time deciding what color my next umbrella should be.

What do you think would look best ?

A blue or green umbrella, to replace the one I lost to the last typhoon.

Ya'll know, I'm usually wearing yellow flip-flops !






Sunday, September 18, 2011

Okinawa's Never Ending Festival Season (Photos)

                IT'S A RYUKYU ISLAND THING



September 25, 2011 SHISHIMAI FESTIVAL



UNDOKAI OR SPORTS DAY: ANYTIME SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER



GUINNESS WORLD RECORD NAHA TUG-O-WAR  OCTOBER 8-10, 2011



A HATAGASHIRA (Pole Dancing) FESTIVAL  OCTOBER 15-16, 2011



THE 5TH WORLDWIDE UCHINANCHU FESTIVAL OCTOBER 12-16, 2011

SHURI-JO CASTLE FESTIVAL OCTOBER 28-30, 2011


There is no way I could possibly list them all on this blog because Okinawa, Japan has a NEVER ENDING FESTIVAL SEASON.  Check the links for dates and times and double check before packing up to attend any of these events because the weather may throw some changes into the plans.

                          IT'S A RYUKYU ISLAND THING AND I LOVE IT !



IF YOU ENJOY FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHY VISIT FESTIVALS OF OKINAWA




Thursday, September 8, 2011

Friday Photo: Full Moon's Coming I'm Outta Here !

Whoa!  Talk about Friday's sneaking up on you.  Didn't we just have one a few days ago?

This photo was taken in 2008 at a Full Moon Festival in Kin Village Okinawa, Japan.

You could call it the Harvest Moon Festival, Mid Autumn Celebration or Let's Be Happy There's a Full Moon Out Tonight Party.  It happens about this time every year.

There are a couple of talented, athletic guys stuffed inside that Dancing Lion-dog (Shishimai) and one of these days I should do an article about them.  I have hundreds of photos where I caught them motionless for a 60th of a second and would like to give some to the guys, if I could ever figure out who they were. They deserve some sort of special reckognition.  Imagine stuffing yourself and someone else into a bearskin rug, zipping it up and going out dancing on a hot summer day.  Hah ! 

Looking at some of the local online sources for this weekend's events in Okinawa, Japan it looks like I'll be on the road, somewhere, all the way through Monday night.

I'm charging and cleaning the cameras.

Besides the Full Moon Festival in my hometown, there's a Tug-O-War

Shuri Castle Park Mid-Autumn Celebration

Beer Festivals and a head examination, I been meaning to get around to, so

                         I'M OUTA HERE !


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