Fire Festival!!!.....preparation.
July 6th 2008 "What did you do on your birthday Nikky?"
"......"
"Nikky?"
"Manual labour."
After a 2 hour nap (directly under the air conditioning machine) I woke up, got dressed, and was picked up (in searing hot 35 degree weather) to go to Shigaraki and make a torch. On the 26th, there is a fire festival. People trek up a small mountain, carrying large torches on their shoulders, and take them
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