Their festival is a little different than the festivals that we are used to. I expected something like Riverfest. Well, it had all the food vendors like Riverfest and the other vendors that didn’t’ have food, had games with toys for the children. The toys were masks, like Halloween masks, balloons, and inflatable toys. The food consisted of typical matsuri (festival) fare such as takoyaki (balls of fried dough stuffed with octopus), yakitori (grilled, skewered meats, typically chicken or pork), (also know by us as chicken on a stick) and yakisoba (stir-fried noodles and vegetables). Even though there was an abundance of food we decided to eat when we got to our next destination. Just a short distance from the festival is the city's "guardian," a massive, 300-year old gajyumaru (banyan) tree that grows in the middle of a traffic circle.
I just had to show you all - could you imagine eating that squid - with the suckers on it? Not me!
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Looks like you are enjoying all there is int he local culture! That Squid was something else! Lynda Martin
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