Otto's blog

Oh! you joined the hadaka-maturi? You are great!!!
It was very cold,did you catch a cold?
But you are lucky! becaus last year was rainy day.

see you tomorrow!

No, I didn`t catch a cold, but afterwards I had a sore throat from shouting  "Washai! Washai!" so much.

I`m really glad it wasn`t rainy this year. Brrrr!

You are REeeeeeeALLY GREAT!! I can't do it if I were a man. I hate cold. Many decades ago, my father joined the festival, he was young yet. About twenty years ago, I participated in rice cake making for the big round rice cake offere to gods in my town. It was fun!

Next year, touch SINNOTOKO !
OK?

Really?? Last time we tried it was pretty scary.... 

but OKAY!

Very nice Otto!  It's good to know you're seizing every opportunity you can to strip down and run through the streets in a loincloth.  Not to mention showing your skinny legs to the old folks.  WASHAI!

I`m sure some of those old folks were looking at me & thinking "Hmph! I have better-looking legs than that foreigner!"

Wow!!! You did!!!?
I watched the Matsuri on TV!!

Did you see me? If not, please look again next year!