FESTIVAL TIME!!!!

its summer and that means it time to go crazy and get sweaty. Osaka, has alot of festivals in the summer and they pretty much all include floats, costumes, drums and sake. we went to a nieghbourhood festival in bentencho. it was really nice, lots of dancing, drums and food stalls. The stalls sell every thing from eels, baby crab pets, rubber balls, tacoyaki, french fries. slushie cups, hello kitty parepheniliea and pet frogs. I so understand why japanese kids aren't afriad of insects. Its because from a young age bugs are treated like toys. In all of the "carnival games" you can win either toys or creepy crawlies. no aminal right here people. there was a "game" i kid you not. you have to stab the eel with a stake and if you "get it", you get to keep it. crazy heh? so kids just see beetles and spiders like a toy, fort of like a moving action figure. its crazy. here are some pics from the big gion matsuri in kyoto, we called in sick for this one, the tenjin matsuri, and the bentencho matsuri. xoxox