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Ami Summer Festival - 2007

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I have been living in Japan for two years. Every day is a new experience and I am learning about Japan and about myself. This journal contains my weekend trips and the daily fun that I have.

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Ami Summer Festival - 2007

August 4, 2007

If you visit Japan during the summer be sure to stop by a summer festival. Most of the towns have one and they are advertised. Ami’s festival is called My Ami Festival and it is held on the first weekend in August. The highlight on Saturday is the parade of shrines and the event on Sunday is the Bon Dance.

This year the weather was too hot so I only attended the festival on Saturday night when the parade of shrines was being held. Every neighborhood in Ami has its own little shrine and they are carried around on first night of the festival. It has to be exhausting as the shrines are not light and the weather was hot. Nevertheless, it looked ask though everyone was having a great time.

The summer festivals also have some wonderful food. Shaved ice is a favorite of the younger visitors while the adults will eat corn on the cob, yaki-soba, octopus balls, and Okonomiyaki.