Festival

This was funny- the poor woman was a volunteer from teh crowd and had no idea how to use the sick things that the other performers were using while singng a song, they could fan them, make them into clapping sticks and make them stretch out, it was very clever, but this lady just laughted and smiled through the whole thing even though her sticks were in a tangled mess!

Shizuoka Festival

April 5th 2006
On Saturday there was a festival in Shizuoka for the cherry blossom season. Ok Mel so its only a tree but they are beautiful. I like them best when looking at the mountains and you can see patches of colour here and there. The festival attracted a huge crowd but we got front seat, (i think coz we looked like we didnt know we werent allowed to stand where we were!!!) It was weird seeing it all sur ... read more

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