Local Festival

My aunt in Tokyo passed away after 11 years of struggle against progressive supranuclear palsy. I went to Tokyo to be present at cremation. My parents and I stayed in a small hotel in a downtown. There was a small local harvest festival going on at a shrine near the hotel. Nobody is growing rice in the middle of the city any longer but such a tradition has been succeeded to our generation.

Entrance of the shrine. A cotton candy (or spun sugar?) is kids' favorite at a festival like this.

Bananas coated with chocolate.

This is the main and the only stage of this festival. Ladies in a summer kimono (or yukata) were dancing along a traditional music.