There have been quite a lot of festivals around Tokyo during the summer, a lot of which consisted in fireworks displays and those were amazing! However, there were a few other interesting festivals to note. In our area, Toritsudaigaku, there was a dance festival and not a dance festival where a group of dancers perform, no, a dance festival where locals join the ‘dance floor’. The ‘dance floor’ is actually a circle drawn on the ground around a tower where a drummer plays the taiko (Japanese drum). It was interesting to watch as kids and parents as well as older people danced side by side on these old and more modern Japanese songs accompanied by the sound of the taiko.
This week’s photo is one of two young girls and an older women dancing at the Toritsudaigaku summer festival! More photos of the summer festivals on Flickr.
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