Kochi Kita Koko Bunkasai

     Just a few shots from my schools bunkasai (culture festival).

One of the games at the bunkasai involves throwing snacks and candy out of windows to a waiting crowd. I forget what the name of this is, but I think it translates to "let's watch polite people go balls wild over airborne snacks."

game on

pandemonium.

(note crawling lady in bucket hat)

priceless. this kid looks just about as confused about the whole thing as I was.

Weekend Excursion to Hiroshima and Miyajima

Hiroshima Prefectural Commercial Exhibition - Built 1915

August 6, 1945 - The skeleton of this building was one of the few structures left standing after the atomic bomb was detonated within about 600 meters of the dome. The Genbaku Domu (or Atomic Dome) has been preserved as a war memorial and is now recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Genbaku Dome and the Hiroshima of today

Miyajima (shrine island) from the ferry

 

かわいすぎる (excessively cute)

man ponders the city from afar