Kodama Gallery: Japan Festival in Hyde Park

20/May/2001

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[Entrance]

`Matsuri' means festival.

[Food Stands]

They were selling five pieces of takoyaki for fiver.

A bit of a rip-off, really.

[Kyudo]

`Kyudo' means archery. `Kyu' means bow, and `do' means art.

So `sado' means the art of tea, or tea ceremony, and `kendo' means the art of sword.

`Judo'? Well, I don't know what `ju' means, but basically it's the art of flexibility, I reckon.

[Awa-odori]

`Awa' is some part of Japan (somewhere in Tokushima), and `odori' is dance, so it's Awa dance.

[Awa-odori 2]

British people learning awa-odori.

What a scene.

[Awa-odori 3]

Awa-odori rocks the Park.

[Signpost]

It says (from the top to the bottom):

Information
Budo (Martial Arts)
Yabusame [Horseback archery]
The Village Stage
Village
Red Cross Sports
NHK Hi Vision
Asahi Beer
Workshop
Children's Area
Folk Dance
Kyudo

[Rinken]

Then Rinken Band rocks the Park.

Great.

[Rinken 2]

They finished off their last song and the festival as well.

EXIT