Did you know there`s a planetarium in Ichinomiya? I didn`t!
This is the website:
http://hamada-sports.com/ichinomiya_chiikibunka/ichi/index.html
We went there on Sunday. The last time I went to a planetarium, I fell asleep as soon as the lights dimmed. But not this time! This time I stayed awake. For 10 minutes. Then I fell asleep. And snored [ibiki o kakita], according to my embarrassed wife.
Anyway, it was only 60 yen to enter - really cheap. And it was pretty interesting (well, the first 10 minutes was anyway!). So if you have kids, or you`re interested in astronomy, or you can`t sleep, I suggest visiting Ichinomiya Planetarium.
This year`s naked festival was a lot of fun. Fortunately the weather was good - mostly sunny with very little wind - so it wasn`t too cold. In fact, I even got a little sunburnt [hiyaki].
I joined the same group (in this photo) as last year. We then joined other groups in the neighbourhood to form the Haruhi Town group, which had about 150 members altogether. After we had tied all our bamboo poles together, we proceeded to Konomiya Shrine in Inazawa.
My group didn`t hang around (wait) at the shrine for the arrival of the `shin-otoko` (the man who everyone tries to touch for good luck), which was good - this year he didn`t arrive until about 6pm (we got there about 3.30). Too late! By that time we were relaxing in a public bath. Mmmm.
There are lots of Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri videos on Youtube. I found my group (but not me) in this clip, just in front of the big `torii` gate:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41GPyo1ZF_o
Did you go? Why? Are you interested in drunk, naked men?
What`s the connection between these 4 items? Can you guess?
Would you like a hint?
Too bad! No hint! (Maybe I`ll give you one in a day or two...)
UPDATE:
Okay, it`s hint time. The first letters of the items are:
1.k_____ 2. s_____ 3. o_____ 4. (Mazda) B_____
By the way, are you going to the Gifu Teragoya party this Saturday?
UPDATE:
Time`s up! I`ve put the answer in comments.
A former staff member of Ichinomiya Teragoya has set up a website (mostly written in Japanese) about teaching English phonics to kids. If you`re interested in that kind of thing, please take a look.
The address is: www.easycrazyabcs.com
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