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The Goshogawara city Tachineputa Festival is a summer festival held annually between August 4th and August 8th. Along with Aomori Nebuta Festival, Hirosaki Neputa Festival, and Kuroishi Yosare Festival, it is known as one of the four largest festivals of the Tsugaru region.
Tachineputa are massive 23-meter (75 feet) tall 19-ton (38000 lbs) parade floats.At this festival, Tachineputa are conveyed through the city of Goshogawara while float carriers and dancers excitedly shout “Yattemare! Yattemare!” The Tachineputa parade never fails to captivate the audience with its unbelievable size and vigor. In addition to the three large tachineputas which are regularly exhibited at the Tachineputa No Yakata (Tachineputa Museum), a total of 15 floats of various sizes are featured in the festival.
Goshogawara is reachable from Aomori City by bus and train. By train it takes over an hour transferring from the JR Ou line at Kawabe to the JR Gono line. They have special trains leaving later than the regularly scheduled time during the festival.
www.en-aomori.com/culture-040.html
iPhone Video : youtu.be/5pThFZ_z3sU
The Goshogawara city Tachineputa Festival is a summer festival held annually between August 4th and August 8th. Along with Aomori Nebuta Festival, Hirosaki Neputa Festival, and Kuroishi Yosare Festival, it is known as one of the four largest festivals of the Tsugaru region.
Tachineputa are massive 23-meter (75 feet) tall 19-ton (38000 lbs) parade floats.At this festival, Tachineputa are conveyed through the city of Goshogawara while float carriers and dancers excitedly shout “Yattemare! Yattemare!” The Tachineputa parade never fails to captivate the audience with its unbelievable size and vigor. In addition to the three large tachineputas which are regularly exhibited at the Tachineputa No Yakata (Tachineputa Museum), a total of 15 floats of various sizes are featured in the festival.
Goshogawara is reachable from Aomori City by bus and train. By train it takes over an hour transferring from the JR Ou line at Kawabe to the JR Gono line. They have special trains leaving later than the regularly scheduled time during the festival.
www.en-aomori.com/culture-040.html
iPhone Video : youtu.be/qjQinSrBCK8
Nicollet Diner is open 24/7/365; terrific blue, stainless, white decor, and a great menu, cocktails and killer malts/milkshakes served with the "can".
The waitstaff are animated and witty . . . varied in attire, and who, when combined with the sparkling decor compelled me to brand the whole tasteful melange as "Bohemian Modern"😊
Well, the two owners are always getting the staff blue shirts (matching the decor) with these sayings on them. This was one of them.
I walked in the door, saw this, yelled for him to stop and don't move, pulled my cam around, and took the shot. I apologized because I think I projected a bit too much and I probably sounded like a cop. He didn't say so, but he looked a bit shaken. Made sure I sat in his section and assuaged him with a nice tip.😇
Occupation at the Cheltenham Rd Library in Bristol to protest about lack of provision of beds for domestic violence victims in the city.
Inside the library with protestors
Kecak Dance, or also known as the Ramayana Monkey Chant, performed by a circle of 150 or more performers wearing checked cloth around their waists, percussively chanting "cak" and throwing up their arms, depicts a battle from the Ramayana.
Cambodian culture and tradition have had a rich varied history dating back many centuries. Over the years, the people of Cambodia developed a set of unique tradition from the syncretism of indigenous Buddhism and Hinduism.
Cambodians have been raised to respect their culture and are very traditional in their way of life. Tourists will see the well mannered Cambodian expressing a friendly “Chumreap Suor” when they meet one.
The local news has been touting how office buildings in downtown Minneapolis are providing amenities like, nap stations, music venues, exercise rooms, and comforrtable lounges for the workers.
I came upon this scene, indeed, after my lunch, and thought how nice to have a casual conversation after lunch during the work week.
Such interludes, in my opinion, do much for productiveness. It's good once in awhile to wash away the stress of the day even for a lunch hour, the stresses of the office and just "touch" another individual in conversation.
Those moments have become more rare during the "smart phone epoch" in human history. That's what documenting this scene was so compelling to me.
The Aomori Nebuta Festival is a Japanese fire festival held annually between August 2nd and 7th in Aomori city. Every year more than 3 million visitors gather for the festivities from all over Japan and abroad to attend. During the festival, over twenty dynamic nebutas – massive lanterns floats based on kabuki or mythical stories – parade through the city of Aomori. On the evenings of August 2nd through 6th and daytime of the 7th, colorfully dressed Haneto (nebuta dancers) as well as flutists and drummers convey the nebuta floats through the city. On the night of the 7th, the nebutas are placed in boats and ferried around the Aomori Bay as fireworks light up the night sky to conclude the festival.
The Aomori Nebuta Festival has been designated as an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Properties of Japan in 1980.