When we were going to the samurai races, I was expecting a few old guys wearing their grandfather’s old helmet having a bit of a trot around a paddock. I was not expecting several hundred dudes on horseback, decked out in full regalia.
Tags: 相馬, 野馬追, haranomachi, horses, ２０１０, japan, photos, races, samurai, samurai festival, 原ノ町It was my birthday on the weekend, and Alice managed to outdo last year’s deep sea party by negotiating with the regional government to hold the yearly samurai festival in my honour. It started off with a street festival, or matsuri.
Tags: birthday, festival, haranomachi, japan, matsuri, parade, photos, samurai, singing, thomavale, videos, 原ノ町A guide to accessing free (and paid, but cheap) wi-fi in Sendai.
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