More from Oki

I got to go to the Tedako Festival on Saturday night and watch some interesting shows.  They also had some good Japanese food and beer that you could get while watching the fireworks.

When we got there they were doing a traditional Japanese dance.

There were a ton of people at this festival.  We seem to stick out from everyone else though.

This was another dance they did...the funny part was the guys in the front wore little cloth and you could see their butts when the wind blew.

They held these for quite some time.  People would be holding onto these poles and would bob up and down and sometimes they would start to fall and they would try and catch them.

The dragon took the stage and was twirling all over the place, it was pretty neat the way they had it move.

HI-YA!  Karate...I was standing on the side doing some of my moves.

I miss the good ol' food from home so I had to get it on a stick.

At one point in the night they said this countdown and the kids let their balloons go.  They weren't normal balloons because they would hover in the air and float back down once all the air was gone.  It was funny though because if you caught another persons then it was yours.  Yummy kid germs!




It was a learning experience going to the festival and I thought it was very interesting.  I hope your having a good time at home with all those terrible storms I am hearing about.
Love you,
Jake