I was in Shikoku during August, not for the mt school but for another program.
My first meal in Takamatsu, the most famous food in Shikoku, udon!
See, another footprint I got from this trip.
After having my lunch, continued my way to Tokushima, another prefecture in Shikoku.
Awa dance festival is one of the famous event in Tokushima, which held in the mid of August.
There are seats in some reserved area where you need to purchase the tickets to get in.
Performers wear the traditional obon dance costumes sing and chant as they parade through the shopping street.
Also, there are groups of dancer are called `ren`, dance through the streets during the obon.
Usually, the Awa dance festival is held for 4 consecutive days and there are competitions for
dancing of each Ren as well.
The taiko drum`s performers.
The kids wear yukata.
Besides, there are many vendors selling food, toy and etc.
This also one of the common vendors you could see during the festival, it`s a game where you try to see how many toys you can net.
You could always find interesting choices of fizzy soda in Japan`s vending machines.
