Weather Passing

This is a photo of our ryugakusei trip to Yakage! It is a nearby rural town

that holds a festival called the Daimyo Gyoretsu, which means they have a

feudal lord procession march every year. The men marching wear all of the

traditional gear, march very slowly and accurately, and yell, “したに、したに！”

which way back when, used to mean “bow down as far as you possibly can” to

all of the residents of the town which the feudal lord would pass through.

The reason I chose this photo for time is because, for the procession, the

soldiers march INCREDIBLY slow. The whole procession takes about 3 hours

because they simply march so slow. This is a part of town where you could

wait to see the procession march by, but though we waited there for a good

15 minutes, we actually had to move to where the procession was to be able

to see it because that’s how slow they were moving. It took a lot more time

than we thought to be able to see them, and there was such a large crowd of

people in front of us that it was kind of difficult to see. Nevertheless,

it was a great experience to be able to see the marchers and the tradition

of the Daimyo Gyoretsu.

Done