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Stan Sakai
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Japanese festivals

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Here is a pictorial essay on just some of the local festivals (matsuri) in Japan:

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/photospecials/gr ... index.html

I will be at the Obon festival in Pasadena in a couple of weeks.
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That is a really cool link. Everybody in the photos always looks like they are really happy and enjoying themselves.
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Steve Hubbell wrote:That is a really cool link. Everybody in the photos always looks like they are really happy and enjoying themselves.
True, i would like to enjoy a matsuri.
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