Hiyoshi Matsuri
September 5th 2004 Hi,
Last night was the big Hiyoshi Village Festival (as big as a village of less than 3,000 can hold). I was asked to take part in the dancing and parade festivities. There are these really long, thin logs from some sort of pine tree that are carried down the street. But they just can't be simply carried...like everything in Japanese society, there is a certain and proper way to do it. The
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