Sunday was festival day.
We treated ourselves to lunch at McDonalds, the halfway point in our drive to Matsue. Before getting dressed up for the festival, we checked out Matsue Castle, the only other original wooden castle aside from Himeji in Japan. Then we stopped by the samurai house quickly, before going to get dressed up for the evening.
The summer is festival season in Japan, and many people get dressed up in yukata and jimbe for the event. Yoshimi was kind enough to lend me a yukata and help me put it on. It was a fun experience. At the festival, we watched a couple of different taiko groups perform, we snacked on festival food, and then found a spot to settle in for the grande finale, the fireworks. The show was quite impressive, and quite long! It went on for about an hour. We watched most of it before heading back to the stands for some more snacks, and then we called it a night.
Matsue Castle
At the top of the castle (it was a bit warm....)
Girls in yukata
The boys in their jimbe
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