gladys' posts with tag: japan: matsuri
The title says it all. :D [Kanamara Matsuri - 040208] Pink Phallus and Drag Queens.avi (6.4 MB)
The first of the phalluses! It's made of steel! [Kanamara Matsuri - 040208] Steel Phallus.avi (9.2 MB)
[Kanamara Matsuri - 040208] Ceremony 2.avi (14.3 MB)
[Kanamara Matsuri - 040208] Ceremony 1.avi (10.3 MB)
[Yuki Matsuri - 020608] Sapporo TV Tower - After Illumination.avi (6.7 MB)
Fortune telling machine in Sapporo TV Tower [Yuki Matsuri - 020608] Sapporo TV Tower - Omikuji.avi (3.0 MB)
[Yuki Matsuri - 020608] Sato-Land Farm Park - Children's Snow Slide.avi (2.2 MB)
Couldn't cut this one.
- Ice sculptures from the Susukino Ice Festival
- Bus ride to Satoland Farm Park
- Snow Labyrinth [Yuki Matsuri - 0205-0608] Susukino Ice Festival + Sato-Land Farm Park.avi (62.8 MB)
The Susukino Ice Festival people left these ice sculptures unfinished on purpose to let the people see how ice sculptures are made. [Yuki Matsuri - 020508] Susukino Ice Festival Night One.avi (11.1 MB)
[Yuki Matsuri - 020508] Susukino Ice Festival - Stalls made of ice blocks.avi (2.2 MB)
 | Yabusame | Apr 11, '08 8:27 AM
for everyone |
| Start: | Apr 19, '08 | | Location: | Hanakawado Park, Asakusa |
|  | Festival of the Steel Phallus in Kawasaki.
I also took some videos but it might take a while before they'll be uploaded since I still haven't uploaded those from Yuki Matsuri.x_x;;
Went with Klao and Miggy, but Miggy left early (boo!). I am amazed by the number of foreigners who went to this festival. It's like foreigners knew more about it than the Japanese themselves.XD Didn't stay long, we just waited for the penors to be brought out from the shrine for the parade then we headed for Ginza for an anticipated eat-all-you-can yakiniku lunch, but unfortunately Carne Station was full so we went to Momo Paradise in Ikebukuro for eat-all-you-can sukiyaki instead.:P
Credits: 48 onwards are from Klao.:) |
Another video I took while on the train to Sapporo station. [Yuki Matsuri - 020508] Sapporo 2.avi (6.0 MB)
Random video I took from the train from Shin Chitose Airport to Sapporo Station [Yuki Matsuri - 020508] Sapporo.avi (6.3 MB)
I have never seen so much snow in one day. Of course, I am talking about Sapporo, where snow is powdery, unlike Tokyo's snow, which is wet, dirty and icky.  It was just Miggy and me who went to Sapporo. The original plan was going to Yuki Matsuri during the weekend (Feb 8-10) but it was fully-booked so we had to move the sked to 5-7. Karen had work; Trish was going to the L'arc concert on the 6th; Kat didn't have enough money; Razel, I think because Karen's not going. So yeah, just me and Miggy left.^^;; Much love to Nagi and her friend Nacchan for doing us the favor of doing the talking with the travel agency and all that shit.XD Our flight was in the afternoon of the 5th, aboard the ANA Pokemon Jet (B747-400). We went WTH when we saw it at Gate 53.XD To make the flight more interesting, we had free Pokemon Jet postcards as souvenirs. Of course, we also stashed the Pokemon cup from the flight.X3 We arrived in Shin Chitose Airport at around 14:30, and took the train that'd take us to Sapporo Station and then changed to the Subway Namboku Line to Nakajima Kouen where Hotel Sunlight Sapporo, our hotel's located. Checked in, dumped our bags in our respective rooms, and immediately headed to Susukino where the Ice Festival was being held.  Odori 1chome: Bonolon: Legend of the Magical Forest
1chome's where Sapporo's TV Tower is so I forced Miggy to accompany me in going to the Observatory Deck. I had this "carpe diem" mentality because who knows when or if I'll be able to go to Sapporo again.^^;; So yeah, for the famous panoramic shot of Odori Park during Yuki Matsuri:  Odori Park Illumination More Sapporo TV Tower pictures hereWe went back to Tokyo on the 7th. I really hate flying, especially now after experiencing the flight back to Tokyo.o(>_<)o I hate domestic flights. It's like being in a train.o(T-T)o I really got dizzy when the plane was landing on Haneda.@_@ Oh and yeah, we were on a plain B747. No Pokemon Jet, boo.
Anyway, I spent 20,000 I think just for this trip, but that's because I bought stuffed toys for souvenirs.:3 If Nagi splurged on chocolates, I splurged on stuffed toys, the Snow Festival mascot and TV Tousan, Sapporo TV Tower's mascot.:P And FAMUSU, I also bought you guys something-like-snow-but-not-really-snow souvenir.:D
I'm really glad I didn't miss one of Japan's most famous festivals. Thanks again, Nagi!|(^.^)/
| | Giant and medium-sized snow sculptures in Odori Park (from 1chome to 12chome)
1. Bonolon: Legend of the Magical Forest
2. Harmony with Nature: Shiretoko's Forest Companions
3. FREEDOM
Tomodachi Slider
4. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
We Want to Protect the Earth and the Future of our Children
5. Do Your Best! Consadole Sapporo
Sapporo Railway Station
6. Hokkaido Winter Food Park
7. Relics of Egypt
8. Snow Board Jump
National Treasure: Inuyama Castle
9. Mr. and Mrs. Snowman and their Animal Friends' Snow Slide
10. The Seven Gods of Good Fortune
A Mammoth Adventure at the North Pole
11. International Sculpture Contest
12. Citizen Snow Sculptures
220-221 are from Miggy.:)
Other Yuki Matsuri 2008 Albums:
To Sapporo
Sapporo Sunlight Hotel
Susukino Ice Festival
Sato-Land Farm Park
Sapporo TV Tower
Back to Tokyo |
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