Furuichi Danjiri Matsuri
Japan
- Furuichi, HabikinoPosted on October 11, 2009 by Stefan
Filed under Gallery, Furuichi, Furuichi Matsuri, Matsuri
This Danjiri festival in Furuichi is one of those little and unknown gems that not many people seem to know about. There are about 5 danjiri floats involved and about 40 food stalls or so .. but even though it’s a bit on the small side the festival is still very much fun to watch especially because of the people involved in it! There seems to be a good mix of men and females on the floats and a lot of energy. Historically women have been considered “un-clean” and not allowed on danjiris in old times, but Habikino certainly looks like it got rid of those old nonsense superstitions.
The festival happens every year on the second saturday/sunday in October.
Transport: It’s directly next to the Furuichi train station in Habikino.
Website: There is a website dedicated to this festival here but it doesn’t really contain much information and most of the links seem to be outdated.
My life has been such an ordinary one, nothing special, nothing outstanding, but just one thing I can be proud of myself is that I have never been takan any photos with showing “peace sigin” even when I visited the Battleship Arizona at Pearl Harbor Hawaii
If the girls on the float didn’t show it in front of your camera, it would have been better one, don’t you agree with me? 
ohhhhh .. common! .. who doesn’t love “piece”
?! But i get you, it’s probably true that the V-sign is a bit overdone in Japan. I often prefer taking pictures of people in a natural pose (preferable with them not even aware of the camera) … but i am not a professional photographer with hired photo-models that i can command, i only get to take the picture that they give me at the very moment i lift up my camera for the shot.