Japanese Autumn Festivals
08-11-2008
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Tis the lovely season of Autumn and there be many "Autumn Festivals" taking place around Japan right now. Went to one last week around the corner which had many games n goodies for the kids. Here we see folks crowded around a (name-of-thingy-goes-here-because-I-forgot) which has a handle on the side - you turn the handle and a ball will drop out of it. Depending on the color of the ball, the player gets a certain prize. If the color of the ball is brown, the player will get a slap in the face. image ID#22966 Watching my neighbor play in her band with the rest of her class. image ID#22967 Grabbing some Okonomi Yaki for lunch. Kind of like a pancake - its got egg, octopus and dried fish. image ID#22968 Free popcorn given out. image ID#22969 In this game, one places the ball at the top of the sloping table. The ball falls down hitting the pins and changing trajectory. Depending on where the ball falls, one gets a prize or a slap in the face. However, no matter where the ball falls, everybody wins because the young lady attendant was bery bery bery bery cute. image ID#22970 In this game, one has to tilt the board with the steering wheel to get the ball onto the other side without it falling through one of the holes. Prize for the winners and a club to the kneecaps for the losers. image ID#22971 In this game, one has a small hoop at the end of a piece of string which the player has to use to get bottle to stand on end. Prizes for the winners and a fork through the eye for the losers. image ID#22972 Grabbing some onigiri with Nendoroid Yako. image ID#22973 Make an excuse to take another pic of that girl - I need pics of the prizes of course. image ID#22974 A pharmacy with its goods spilling out onto the pavement - unmanned and very common in Japan to have this sort of display. Probably would not work in Hackney London. image ID#22975 The Okonomiyaki place that I talked about a few months ago - looks like they did quite well and are still around. image ID#22976 Free Tako Yaki - octopus balls. image ID#22977 Bet you didn't know octopus had balls eh? How many times have I used that ^^; image ID#22978 Standard shoot-object-with-lethal-bow-n-arrow. Prizes for the winners and a whack in the forehead with a nail studded plank of wood for the losers. image ID#22979 The winners... image ID#22980 The throw-ring-and-get-it-to-land-on-prize game. Prizes for the winners and a stab with sharp pencil in the ear for losers. image ID#22981 Always find myself saying how peaceful and harmonious it is in Japan. image ID#22982 Kids with their bags of winnings. image ID#22983 Mega retro TV spotted - still works. image ID#22984 Dont expect the toy shops over here to sell any figures - most of them stock cheap mainstream stuff like Anpan Man, Kamen Rider, Puri Cure and the like. image ID#22985 In this game, one jumps on the yellow board to stop the ball which is just about to roll down the slope. Prizes for the winners, a mouth full of camel droppings for the losers. image ID#22986 Free Shiu Mai up for grabs. image ID#22987 Mmmm. Shiu Mai desu. Cant wait to eat some good food in Singapore next week. image ID#22988 The most popular free food up for grabs was the ice cream. image ID#22989 Traditional Japanese drink Ramune - its got a glass ball in the bottle. image ID#22990 More food - not all of it free though. image ID#22991 Through some of your blog posts, I notice that Japan type festivals are held in different regions. Noticed some in Brazil, Malaysia and Singapore so far. I don't recall of any back in the UK though. Japan type festivals in your neck of the woods? image ID#22992 Many people ask me about Japanese alcohol but I don't drink which makes me the worst person to ask about the subject. image ID#22993 Folks over here are good at cleaning up after they are done and separate rubbish into their respective combustible/non combustible bins. image ID#22994 Yako seems quite happy. image ID#22995 Is Japan the only place where they can get away selling these chocolate bananas without being arrested? image ID#22996 This game is called Kingyo Sukui... image ID#22997 Players are given a small hoop covered in thin paper which they use to scoop up a gold fish from the water. image ID#22998 When the hoop has been in the water for too long, it goes poof like this. image ID#22999 I see this all the time but never pay attention to it. Folks carving something out of something. image ID#23000 Yakitori - grilled chicken on a stick. image ID#23001 image ID#23002 A girl attempts to stop the ball from rolling away but kept jumping even before the ball was released ^^; image ID#23003 In this game, folks have to guess the weight of the pumpkin. Prizes for the winners, head force dipped in a bucket of ice water for the losers. Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) Japan Probe - Japan news and entertainment (Subscribe) Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan (Subscribe) image ID#23004 View the full sized images/comments for this item at dannychoo.com Feel free to join/add Danny Choo and see what else the little bugger is up to in his other networks.
Tis the lovely season of Autumn and there be many "Autumn Festivals" taking place around Japan right now. Went to one last week around the corner which had many games n goodies for the kids. Here we see folks crowded around a (name-of-thingy-goes-here-because-I-forgot) which has a handle on the side - you turn the handle and a ball will drop out of it. Depending on the color of the ball, the player gets a certain prize. If the color of the ball is brown, the player will get a slap in the face. image ID#22966 Watching my neighbor play in her band with the rest of her class. image ID#22967 Grabbing some Okonomi Yaki for lunch. Kind of like a pancake - its got egg, octopus and dried fish. image ID#22968 Free popcorn given out. image ID#22969 In this game, one places the ball at the top of the sloping table. The ball falls down hitting the pins and changing trajectory. Depending on where the ball falls, one gets a prize or a slap in the face. However, no matter where the ball falls, everybody wins because the young lady attendant was bery bery bery bery cute. image ID#22970 In this game, one has to tilt the board with the steering wheel to get the ball onto the other side without it falling through one of the holes. Prize for the winners and a club to the kneecaps for the losers. image ID#22971 In this game, one has a small hoop at the end of a piece of string which the player has to use to get bottle to stand on end. Prizes for the winners and a fork through the eye for the losers. image ID#22972 Grabbing some onigiri with Nendoroid Yako. image ID#22973 Make an excuse to take another pic of that girl - I need pics of the prizes of course. image ID#22974 A pharmacy with its goods spilling out onto the pavement - unmanned and very common in Japan to have this sort of display. Probably would not work in Hackney London. image ID#22975 The Okonomiyaki place that I talked about a few months ago - looks like they did quite well and are still around. image ID#22976 Free Tako Yaki - octopus balls. image ID#22977 Bet you didn't know octopus had balls eh? How many times have I used that ^^; image ID#22978 Standard shoot-object-with-lethal-bow-n-arrow. Prizes for the winners and a whack in the forehead with a nail studded plank of wood for the losers. image ID#22979 The winners... image ID#22980 The throw-ring-and-get-it-to-land-on-prize game. Prizes for the winners and a stab with sharp pencil in the ear for losers. image ID#22981 Always find myself saying how peaceful and harmonious it is in Japan. image ID#22982 Kids with their bags of winnings. image ID#22983 Mega retro TV spotted - still works. image ID#22984 Dont expect the toy shops over here to sell any figures - most of them stock cheap mainstream stuff like Anpan Man, Kamen Rider, Puri Cure and the like. image ID#22985 In this game, one jumps on the yellow board to stop the ball which is just about to roll down the slope. Prizes for the winners, a mouth full of camel droppings for the losers. image ID#22986 Free Shiu Mai up for grabs. image ID#22987 Mmmm. Shiu Mai desu. Cant wait to eat some good food in Singapore next week. image ID#22988 The most popular free food up for grabs was the ice cream. image ID#22989 Traditional Japanese drink Ramune - its got a glass ball in the bottle. image ID#22990 More food - not all of it free though. image ID#22991 Through some of your blog posts, I notice that Japan type festivals are held in different regions. Noticed some in Brazil, Malaysia and Singapore so far. I don't recall of any back in the UK though. Japan type festivals in your neck of the woods? image ID#22992 Many people ask me about Japanese alcohol but I don't drink which makes me the worst person to ask about the subject. image ID#22993 Folks over here are good at cleaning up after they are done and separate rubbish into their respective combustible/non combustible bins. image ID#22994 Yako seems quite happy. image ID#22995 Is Japan the only place where they can get away selling these chocolate bananas without being arrested? image ID#22996 This game is called Kingyo Sukui... image ID#22997 Players are given a small hoop covered in thin paper which they use to scoop up a gold fish from the water. image ID#22998 When the hoop has been in the water for too long, it goes poof like this. image ID#22999 I see this all the time but never pay attention to it. Folks carving something out of something. image ID#23000 Yakitori - grilled chicken on a stick. image ID#23001 image ID#23002 A girl attempts to stop the ball from rolling away but kept jumping even before the ball was released ^^; image ID#23003 In this game, folks have to guess the weight of the pumpkin. Prizes for the winners, head force dipped in a bucket of ice water for the losers. Akihabara News - Gadgetry from Japan (Subscribe) Japan Probe - Japan news and entertainment (Subscribe) Kirainet.com - A geek in Japan (Subscribe) image ID#23004 View the full sized images/comments for this item at dannychoo.com Feel free to join/add Danny Choo and see what else the little bugger is up to in his other networks.
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