Kite Festival
Still about backlog, this post is about the National Kite Flying Festival in Himeji (January 8th, 2006).
Kite-flying is a traditional new year pastime of Japanese children. Although it may not be as popular as it used to be, there're still people who cultivate the "tradition". So, in this event kite-flying lovers gather in Himeji, flying various hand-made kites, from the very simple to complex ones, including some with special shapes or with a large surface area.
I went to this event (held at the Himeji Horse Racetrack) with Silvia, Steff and Greg. And since we were there, the two latter decided to buy some simple kites there to test their flying ability... I also tried a little. So, the conclusion is that Greg is good at it (somebody had a nice childhood) and the rest of us can do fairly well... if the wind helps.
A simple event, at which families can have some fun flying their kites if clumsy gaijin don't disturb them... XD The variety of kites was impressive. Of course we had the simpler ones, but there were others with very different shapes and sizes. "Many kites in a row", "big kite", "shaped like a bird", "Doraemon kite" and so on...
Kite-flying is a traditional new year pastime of Japanese children. Although it may not be as popular as it used to be, there're still people who cultivate the "tradition". So, in this event kite-flying lovers gather in Himeji, flying various hand-made kites, from the very simple to complex ones, including some with special shapes or with a large surface area.I went to this event (held at the Himeji Horse Racetrack) with Silvia, Steff and Greg. And since we were there, the two latter decided to buy some simple kites there to test their flying ability... I also tried a little. So, the conclusion is that Greg is good at it (somebody had a nice childhood) and the rest of us can do fairly well... if the wind helps.
A simple event, at which families can have some fun flying their kites if clumsy gaijin don't disturb them... XD The variety of kites was impressive. Of course we had the simpler ones, but there were others with very different shapes and sizes. "Many kites in a row", "big kite", "shaped like a bird", "Doraemon kite" and so on...
6 comments:
Hahaha I must insist I was not the clumsy gaijin!! Noooooooo
You should have tried to fly attached to a biiiig kite. That would be something fun to see... ^.^
I didnt see the Doraemon's one!! :(
Kobe Luminarie was great... So many things happened that time, that I forgot to post a picture of that!! since that I had so much fun... that i forgot Luminarie
Steffa, it wasn't only you, hehe...
Fertok, somebody is watching too many movies... It's truth that some kites were big enough to do that, but I'm not any kind of 007 or Lupin 3rd...
Silvia, I think you saw the Doraemon's... it wasn't shaped as Doraemon, but it was a kite with drawings of Doraemon & group...
Oh yeah... besides, Fertok, even if I decided to do that, I doubt the people flying kites would help me with that... they'd probably drop the kite in the middle of the street or anything like that to get rid of the baka gaijin...
well... maybe something funny, if someone recorded that... hahahahha ^.^
I would like to see it...
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