Kyoto Gion Festival

Hi everyone!!! Final blog is a famous festival!!! Maybe everyone may like festivals. I also like it, so I want to talk about Kyoto Gion Festival of Yasaka shrine. This is held every year in the middle of July. The highlight of the festival are the parade of decorated festive floats over 6-meters tall, playing music from their upper floors. They said that is" mobile art museum". Therefore, at the festival, you can buy your favorite food from a food stall, then enjoy it while walking around. Moreover, you can see lots of people wearing Japanese traditional clothes called "Yukata". Most of Japanese women have worn it more than once, I also have a my Yukata, and I have worn it more than five times. I have never been there, but I have wanted to visit there since I was child. If I have time, I am going to there this year after I get back to Japan. Thank you for reading final blog.                                                                                     

         

Russian Wedding

Hi everyone!! This time is wedding, so I would like to introduce Russian wedding to you. Have you ever heard about Russian wedding? I have never heard about it. At first, Russian wedding start to hand it marriage restoration at city hall, after that a groom and a bride exchange of wedding rings and promise to love each other forever and ever in front of the city. Second, reception is held at another place, but their parents have to welcome to them with preparing bread and salt. Finally the groom's friend steals the bride's shoes, this is called shoes stealing, and it's traditional ceremony. The groom collects money from honored guest to return her shoes. It is congratulatory money. I felt so interesting Russian wedding. Thank you for reading my blog!!!