Festival Decorations #4

Festival Decorations #3

Festival Food #1

Some sweet custard cakes anyone? Personally, I prefer snow cones and takoyaki.

カステラ!　お祭りでは私はかき氷とたこ焼きが一番食べたくなりますね

Japanese Summer Festival Games #2

Scoop up as many goldfish as you can with a paper net. If you are good you can take home a lot of goldfish, while the owner cries behind his/her stall. (No, you don't get to use the net at the top)

金魚すくい！うまく救えるかな？

Nagoya's Old Shopping Arcade

This arcade was decorated for a festival that was going on in the summer.

Festival games #1

A game to catch super balls! (rubber balls that bounce really well and come in great colors and prints) I remember collecting these when I was younger. It was fun to bounce, but be careful not to play with them around fragile items. Sometimes they go in crazy directions!

Nagoya Castle Summer Festival: Bon Odori

 Bon Odori!

 Kakigouri machine (shaved ice)

 Matcha flavored kakigouri and takoyaki!

 Anyone interested in joining in, can!

 The lanterns on the stage.

 It's not a summer festival without beer!

This was the festival at Nagoya Castle. The festival happens every year in August! If you wear a Yukata they will take a hundred yen off from the entrance fee. It's not as crowded as the Minato-ku Fireworks festival so you can enjoy the atmosphere a bit more. Hopefully, you can go next year!