The Misawa End of Summer Festival

Their is nothing better than celebrating the end of summer than a giant festival that includes floats, drums, costumes, and entertainment.

 The day began with a parade.  Most of Misawa came out to watch the parade.  The people performing in the parade danced down the streets in traditional Kimono's, shoes, and hats to music being piped in from speakers that were installed up and down the street.

 In the evening their was a float competition.  I never did fully learn what was going on - but from what I gathered the best looking float that could go up and down, and spin around faster than all of the other floats was going to be the winner.

 This float was done by the United Nations club that gathers here in Misawa.  Made up of mostly Americans and Japanese they work on learning the cultures of others - and teaching their own culture to the rest of the club.

 Thse guys were my favorites!

 After the floats were finished this Japanese drum club came in to perform.  They had drummers as young as about 8 years old.