Japanese Autumn Festivals
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Fri 2008/11/07 20:14
Tis the lovely season of Autumn and there be many "Autumn Festivals" taking place around Japan right now. Went to one last week around the corner which had many games n goodies for the kids.
Here we see folks crowded around a (name-of-thingy-goes-here-because-I-forgot) which has a handle on the side - you turn the handle and a ball will drop out of it. Depending on the color of the ball, the player gets a certain prize. If the color of the ball is brown, the player will get a slap in the face.
Here we see folks crowded around a (name-of-thingy-goes-here-because-I-forgot) which has a handle on the side - you turn the handle and a ball will drop out of it. Depending on the color of the ball, the player gets a certain prize. If the color of the ball is brown, the player will get a slap in the face.
Watching my neighbor play in her band with the rest of her class.
Grabbing some Okonomi Yaki for lunch. Kind of like a pancake - its got egg, octopus and dried fish.
Free popcorn given out.
In this game, one places the ball at the top of the sloping table. The ball falls down hitting the pins and changing trajectory. Depending on where the ball falls, one gets a prize or a slap in the face.
However, no matter where the ball falls, everybody wins because the young lady attendant was bery bery bery bery cute.
However, no matter where the ball falls, everybody wins because the young lady attendant was bery bery bery bery cute.
In this game, one has to tilt the board with the steering wheel to get the ball onto the other side without it falling through one of the holes. Prize for the winners and a club to the kneecaps for the losers.
In this game, one has a small hoop at the end of a piece of string which the player has to use to get bottle to stand on end. Prizes for the winners and a fork through the eye for the losers.
Grabbing some onigiri with Nendoroid Yako.
Make an excuse to take another pic of that girl - I need pics of the prizes of course.
A pharmacy with its goods spilling out onto the pavement - unmanned and very common in Japan to have this sort of display. Probably would not work in Hackney London.
The Okonomiyaki place that I talked about a few months ago - looks like they did quite well and are still around.
Free Tako Yaki - octopus balls.
Bet you didn't know octopus had balls eh?
How many times have I used that ^^;
How many times have I used that ^^;
Standard shoot-object-with-lethal-bow-n-arrow. Prizes for the winners and a whack in the forehead with a nail studded plank of wood for the losers.
The winners...
The throw-ring-and-get-it-to-land-on-prize game. Prizes for the winners and a stab with sharp pencil in the ear for losers.
Always find myself saying how peaceful and harmonious it is in Japan.
Kids with their bags of winnings.
Mega retro TV spotted - still works.
Dont expect the toy shops over here to sell any figures - most of them stock cheap mainstream stuff like Anpan Man, Kamen Rider, Puri Cure and the like.
In this game, one jumps on the yellow board to stop the ball which is just about to roll down the slope.
Prizes for the winners, a mouth full of camel droppings for the losers.
Prizes for the winners, a mouth full of camel droppings for the losers.
Free Shiu Mai up for grabs.
Mmmm. Shiu Mai desu. Cant wait to eat some good food in Singapore next week.
The most popular free food up for grabs was the ice cream.
Traditional Japanese drink Ramune - its got a glass ball in the bottle.
More food - not all of it free though.
Through some of your blog posts, I notice that Japan type festivals are held in different regions. Noticed some in Brazil, Malaysia and Singapore so far. I don't recall of any back in the UK though. Japan type festivals in your neck of the woods?
Many people ask me about Japanese alcohol but I don't drink which makes me the worst person to ask about the subject.
Folks over here are good at cleaning up after they are done and separate rubbish into their respective combustible/non combustible bins.
Yako seems quite happy.
Is Japan the only place where they can get away selling these chocolate bananas without being arrested?
This game is called Kingyo Sukui...
Players are given a small hoop covered in thin paper which they use to scoop up a gold fish from the water.
When the hoop has been in the water for too long, it goes poof like this.
I see this all the time but never pay attention to it. Folks carving something out of something.
Yakitori - grilled chicken on a stick.
A girl attempts to stop the ball from rolling away but kept jumping even before the ball was released ^^;
In this game, folks have to guess the weight of the pumpkin. Prizes for the winners, head force dipped in a bucket of ice water for the losers.
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well there's some japanese festivals around where i live like the cherry blossom festivals. but i rather experience festivals in japan because i haven't experience festivals when i went to japan.
(ID #362419) Posted on 2008/11/07 20:12
Student
what is up with all the free stuff? free takoyaki? free ice cream? free shu mai? gahhhhh. and yea they sell choco bananas here atleast by the beach when its hot. would like to try the raffle in the first picture atleast once. its the one where the colored ball comes out right? hehe..
(ID #362421) Posted on 2008/11/07 20:17
They have that raffle at Nagomi Cafe in Akihabara as well, you get moe prizes there ^_-)/
(ID #366784) Posted on 2008/11/11 12:57
I wish Nihon Machi in San Francisco had at least half of these things during Sakura Matsuri and stuff. At least it's still fun to go to.
(ID #362426) Posted on 2008/11/07 20:23
AdvDip Network Security - CCNA - Ironport - Security+
FREE TAKOYAKI? FREE ICE CREAM? HAS THIS WORLD GONE MAD?!?!?! FREE RAMUNE? Ramune is like AUD$3.40 the cheapest where i can find it. T___________T
(ID #362429) Posted on 2008/11/07 20:25
Student
wtf 3.40$ AUD for a ramune? jeez. cheapest here is like 60 cents USD. sorry man...
(ID #362451) Posted on 2008/11/07 20:53
DCX001-Prototype
Cheapest over here is USD2.30
(ID #362509) Posted on 2008/11/07 22:05
JooNkeN (Registered on 2008/04/05 00:52)
I would like to know where you get Ramune for 60 cents. I think it's $1.20 or so around my area, near Los Angeles.
(ID #362891) Posted on 2008/11/08 04:15
The ramune wasn't free according to the Japanese version of the article ^^; I really want to go find a festival now... the only one I've been to was a tiny stone festival... was quite boring. ;_;
(ID #362530) Posted on 2008/11/07 22:39
CEO MIrai Inc
Didnt mention free ramune ^^;
(ID #362538) Posted on 2008/11/07 22:52
I agree. Ramune is ridiculously expensive. I can't afford it T_____________________T
(ID #362589) Posted on 2008/11/07 23:54
Electrical Engineering Fresh Graduate
never seen any in my country...infact, this is the first I heard someone mention Ramune..had to go to wiki first LOL ^^
(ID #362722) Posted on 2008/11/08 01:57
May I know where you obtained your ramune from? I want!
(ID #363058) Posted on 2008/11/08 07:08
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
They used to sell ramune at my place for $1...
(ID #363211) Posted on 2008/11/08 10:18
Graphic Design student | Receptionist | Otaku
I recently found out that there's a Chinatown over here but, nothing close to having festivals on this scale or anything related. Thank you for the coverage, Danny m(_ _)m It's always a fun and interesting experience, reading these types of articles.
(ID #362432) Posted on 2008/11/07 20:29
I agree. Danny's articles about Japan is one of the reasons I wanted to come to Japan. Once I got here, I realized the things that I learned here are extremely useful for assimilating into Japanese culture. :P
(ID #363603) Posted on 2008/11/08 18:12
That was a festival free foods,play some games and do anything. In our country they have a "Fiesta" its a type of festival during january and its both doing like Free food,Games (actually a extreme game) and Drink some more beers for free.
(ID #362433) Posted on 2008/11/07 20:29
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
There are some, but nothing awesome like that... Looks so interesting... I wish I could be in one of those while I was a kid... Well, I wish I can still be in one of those while I'm an adult too. XD Thanks for the pics Danny. That's one of the big reasons why I love being here... I'd never get to see such typical japanese stuff if it wasn't for you. Makes me want to be in Japan even more, if that's possible. :P Hmmm... craving for takoyaki now...
(ID #362435) Posted on 2008/11/07 20:34
FREE??? where where back here, if anything was free, they would be snapped up in an instant. and lol at the girl jumping before the ball was released!
(ID #362436) Posted on 2008/11/07 20:37
Lover of Akiba!
I want some yakitori now!
(ID #362443) Posted on 2008/11/07 20:41
Lurker, and part time super-villian.
Man I'd hate to lose at a game in japan, I'd get hurt so bad ^^; Wish we had festivals over here in the grotty England-land, they seem so light-hearted and fun.
(ID #362446) Posted on 2008/11/07 20:43
so the "no free lunch in the world" is wrong uh..
(ID #362453) Posted on 2008/11/07 20:53
perhaps only in sg.. :P
(ID #379161) Posted on 2008/11/20 21:31
non-elite soldier of the SAF
wow, cool you're coming to Singapore? :O
(ID #362461) Posted on 2008/11/07 21:04
former Emperor of Britannia
ahhh... japanese festivals! Just by looking at the photos taken. The japanese really know how to celebrate a good festival. One of my goals when i reach japan is to see the famous Cherry Blossom Festival. Seriously, i really want to see one.
(ID #362475) Posted on 2008/11/07 21:24
amatuer bum
Looks like some fun. Especially with the cute attendant, even if she isn't 2d. I'm looking forward to hopefully getting into an exchange program when I go back to college, just so I can actually experience these festivals first hand. I hope to impress some kiddo's with what my imaginary gold fish swooping ninja skills. Free Ice cream is pretty win too.
(ID #362479) Posted on 2008/11/07 21:28
wow such generous hearts ^.^ , you can't find anything for free here in my place....even if you do find it u probably won't have the chance to have some =.= ,plus you may even get hurt trying to get it =.=||
(ID #362488) Posted on 2008/11/07 21:35
i really wish to visit one of this festivals
(ID #362495) Posted on 2008/11/07 21:39
No japanese festivals in Brisbane, as far as I know. Re your surreptitious photos of the young lady attendant, you should have pretended to be a tourist and got her to pose with or for you.
(ID #362501) Posted on 2008/11/07 21:47
Another reason to Japan.... I'm hungry NAO!!
(ID #362503) Posted on 2008/11/07 21:51
DCX001-Prototype
doesn't sound like anyone want to lose in all these games ^^; Great festival with a lot of free food ;-) make me hungry now........ *calling McD*
(ID #362507) Posted on 2008/11/07 22:04
Wuuuuut>?! Malaysia had such festivals? I didn't know! Where? where?!
(ID #362508) Posted on 2008/11/07 22:04
wow, looks quite funny =) another reason for go to jap x'd spend the afternoon by playiong games & eating free delicious food? DO WANT!
(ID #362511) Posted on 2008/11/07 22:06
JR. College Student
I voted no for the most part because it's rare you find a nice festival with free stuff.
(ID #362518) Posted on 2008/11/07 22:22
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:54)
lol on your loser jokes, about the (name-of-thingy-goes-here-because-I-forgot) isn't that a lotto machine? about Japan Festivals, none here. although I remember some universities here would sometimes hold a special Japan day. no free food though, just an excuse to decorate the school with stuff from Japan. ^^ btw girl on image ID#22970 looks like my sister. ^^
(ID #362526) Posted on 2008/11/07 22:28
Hotdog Repairman
Whhhhaaat? @.@
(ID #363014) Posted on 2008/11/08 06:19
Web monkey, coffee addicted cerberus, Chef Vader
ooh I love Tako Yaki. And that retro TV's cool.
(ID #362554) Posted on 2008/11/07 23:04
lol the choco bananas. I was a little shocked first time i saw those in asakusa. Also, dunno where you found a free festival but woo! I always have to pay for my foods at festivals ;(
(ID #362559) Posted on 2008/11/07 23:11
Navy Recruit
sadly we have no japanese festivals here. they give a way alot of free food there. every festival I go to I end up paying alot of money. tako yaki sounds good right about now.
(ID #362576) Posted on 2008/11/07 23:43
Cute girl!!! Is she free too?
(ID #362577) Posted on 2008/11/07 23:43
I forgot to say that there is a Japanese festival in Dusseldorf, which is 2 hrs driving. Seems I can't visit it next year, because I'll be in Japan. For the interested ones. Japan Tag will be held next year on June 13. More info at http://www.japantag-duesseldorf-nrw.de/
(ID #362579) Posted on 2008/11/07 23:45
participated this year and it was really cool. i bet it was nothing compared to a real festival held in japan but it was worth the trip. the fireworks in the end were sugoi!!!
(ID #362658) Posted on 2008/11/08 01:03
okonomiyaki reminds me of horikita maki in Teppan Shoujo Akane... i do notice japanese girls are very camera shy... when i was in Japan, i asked permissions from many cute girls (maido, policewoman, waitresses) "totte mo ii desu ka" all of them gave me a bit NAI with a big X ultraman hand. why is that so? was a bit disappointed that my trip ended without much cute japanese girl pictures..
(ID #362587) Posted on 2008/11/07 23:51
Isn't the thing in the first picture a tombola? I asked a couple of friends back here about the alcohol btw Danny ^__^ I hear theres no ale, just fizzy pop and whisky <__<
(ID #362588) Posted on 2008/11/07 23:54
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
oh my this is a cruel world. losers get treated so badly. :-(
(ID #362591) Posted on 2008/11/07 23:55
they really give a slap in your face???
(ID #362592) Posted on 2008/11/07 23:57
Come on... Theres no way they'd do it right.. If not there will be kids with crying faces in the pics ^^
(ID #362598) Posted on 2008/11/08 00:06
Procrastinator Extraordinaire
isn't that raffle thing in the first pic called a kujibiki or something?
(ID #362596) Posted on 2008/11/08 00:02
Unemployed Dollfie enthusiast
Waaah that looks so fun, I want to go. Where I live (Portsmouth, United Kingdom) we don't have any Japanese festivals. Or many festivals at all really. In Southsea though, there is a small Japanese Garden, with a zen garden, but its only a ground level layer of cemented in sand. If they used real sand, the chavs would just eff it up.
(ID #362606) Posted on 2008/11/08 00:24
Student Otaku (ITM Student) and ACG NA Staff
Okay, now I'm getting hungry... Free food... Japanese Festival has it all!!!!!!! It makes me wonder if every festival in Japan is like that...
(ID #362615) Posted on 2008/11/08 00:34
Free stuff? Now I'm even more confused by this "Credit Crunch" thingy...
(ID #362619) Posted on 2008/11/08 00:37
LOL @ the punishments for the losers, Danny. That is quite sadistically creative. *Shudders*
(ID #362620) Posted on 2008/11/08 00:37
TAKOYAKI BANZAI days ago I went to JIEXPO (Japan Indonesia Expo) and takoyaki stand got a long fat queue (4 lines at one end, 1 line at the other end) Nov 9th, Nippon Matsuri in JIEXPO Jakarta, Indonesia. some nipponjin told me to visit Tokyo next year for international anime fair. did I look so ota?
(ID #362621) Posted on 2008/11/08 00:39
Danny: A pharmacy with its goods spilling out onto the pavement - unmanned and very common in Japan to have this sort of display. Probably would not work in Hackney London. So true haha, would probs be worse in Peckham London. XD Just jokes all you cockney people... ^_^
(ID #362624) Posted on 2008/11/08 00:39
Looking for work again
Thank you for this photo image ID#22970 and following up to get this photo image ID#22974 I really hope she is at least old enough for it to be ok if I think she is beautiful. Because I do think she is beautiful ^_^;;
(ID #362627) Posted on 2008/11/08 00:45
Mechanical Engineering student
You're right Mr Danny. That lady sure is cute *drool* XD I don't know of any Japanese festivals held here. The festivals here are way different than in Japan though. It's pretty much like a party. There are food stalls too but they're not free. x_x
(ID #362631) Posted on 2008/11/08 00:47
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:54)
you should try to go to fiestas in the provinces, folks would open up their houses welcome strangers and offer free food. I tried visiting one in Quezon province once, it was a lot of fun. however unfortunately it turned out that my stomach was a bit more delicate than the average person. and I ended up with LBM. ^^;
(ID #362655) Posted on 2008/11/08 01:03
Mechanical Engineering student
Yeah... that's why I don't eat free food XD
(ID #363805) Posted on 2008/11/08 22:27
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:54)
oh and they even had a game where one would have to catch a greased pig, whoever catches it takes the pig home. ^^; didn't try it though, didn't like the smell. ^^;
(ID #362663) Posted on 2008/11/08 01:09
website/graphic designer
Don't know of any Japanese festivals in Sydney u_u~ I do know there's a Little Tokyo in Bondi Junction though, but I haven't had the chance to visit yet ;_; Sydney people, lets meet up! xD;;; Nice photos Danny, looks like lots of fun~! Nothing like it over here that I'm aware of, people generally go to the shopping centres and surrounds to socialise or for events.
(ID #362652) Posted on 2008/11/08 01:00
Student and full-time otaku
Interesting...btw your winners-mentality really shows Danny: losers always get punished severely by you ^^
(ID #362665) Posted on 2008/11/08 01:09
I find the slap game fascinating. I hope you can remember the name so I can add it to my blog post. I looked up kujibiki as OP commented with no luck.
(ID #362679) Posted on 2008/11/08 01:17
Like always awesome coverage of Japan Danny, I've never tried takoyaki. What does it taste like and what are the ingredients?
(ID #362699) Posted on 2008/11/08 01:33
Here you go. http://lunchinabox.net/2007/06/27/making-takoyaki/ Imagine the taste as being slightly salty, raw, octopus flavored pancake batter. And tongue-blistering hot. Topped with Worcester-Ketchup sauce.
(ID #362736) Posted on 2008/11/08 02:12
Haha. The chocolate banana was funny. It does look a little distasteful. They really hold such festivals out of their own pocket money?? The shumais and all. Gracious Japanese. The reason why I have to migrate over.
(ID #362730) Posted on 2008/11/08 02:10
Wow free food. We have like local festivals here, not seasonal or anything, but everything costs money. Heck, most food ends up from comes from fast food places. And all of it costs money. Really rips out your wallet. Course, we don't have nice alleyways to set up shop. It has to be in a gym or stage or church or something. Though there was a street sale thing at the Hong Kong market plaza this one time. Which was like a festival. But all the booths were selling stuff and there wasn't anything to do but eat or buy. Weak community here.
(ID #362734) Posted on 2008/11/08 02:11
Electrical Engineering Fresh Graduate
sometimes they offer free food in indonesia, not limited to festive though ^^
(ID #362742) Posted on 2008/11/08 02:20
Pori Student
Have one annual festival called the natsu matsuri held in the japanese school near changi... they have bon odori, ramune and the likes. Had much fun there ^^
(ID #362755) Posted on 2008/11/08 02:30
Online Shop
Ah, good ol' Japanese festivals, I miss those. Festivals in USA are so much different than ones from Japan +_+
(ID #362759) Posted on 2008/11/08 02:32
I wish I could go to a real Japanese matsuri. Closest we have here is the Lilac Fest in the spring. It is still very very very American except for all the Japanese visitors walking through the gardens with there cameras.
(ID #362787) Posted on 2008/11/08 02:49
I love to drink Ramune, in fact I have about 13 in the fridge right now!
(ID #362815) Posted on 2008/11/08 03:07
Oh, man. Seeing the band picture reminded me of how much I miss it. I should see if I can sign up for next semester. There's a fabulous thrill that goes with playing in synch with a large group like that.
(ID #362823) Posted on 2008/11/08 03:15
If you live in the wrong place in the states then you will never see any japan type festivals.
(ID #362830) Posted on 2008/11/08 03:23
Nice pictures! And even better comments:)
(ID #362848) Posted on 2008/11/08 03:36
Pasar Malams (night markets) are pretty good with all the food you can eat.. :P Sometimes we do have festivals here and there, and I think there's a Korea fest coming up somewhere...
(ID #362885) Posted on 2008/11/08 04:03
Electrical Engineering Fresh Graduate
you're indonesian folks? comrade ^^
(ID #364766) Posted on 2008/11/09 16:51
Didn't really know how Aki-Matsuri is like so that's pretty interesting. One shouldn't expect to see much Japanese-related events/items in the UK; they just don't seem to mix together (you usually see either Chinese or Indian stuff associated with the UK at most). But the little games did remind me that of the time I helped out a village with a few friends of mine on a local carnival or something. The villagers were really friendly and we got rewarded a big can of Celebration chocolates for helping out. Well you know, people in the rural region are *very* different to those in the urban (e.g. London or Hong Kong).
(ID #362895) Posted on 2008/11/08 04:20
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
Your comments for the losers sounds scary Danny lol, Free siu mai? Wow! :P~~ I think there's some Matsuri-ish type festivities here but I haven't been to any just yet ^^; saw some notices at the Japanese supamarketo before ^^
(ID #362961) Posted on 2008/11/08 05:25
Grocery Store Clerk
I did go to a picnic that was hosted by the Japanese heritage society.
(ID #362968) Posted on 2008/11/08 05:34
Hotdog Repairman
Closest thing we have to this here is a big scale annual summer fair with games, rides and prizes. Absolutely nothing is free tho, and is rather expensive actually. More skanky girls out n about wearing very little than cute girls there. Hmm... I guess that 'show' is free.
(ID #363020) Posted on 2008/11/08 06:26
somehow, the prize for the loser in each game become more gore as i scroll down thru the post. ∑(゜△゜;) but on the Kingyo Sukui, i see some very large goldfish, is it really possible for them to scoop it up using that paper?
(ID #363028) Posted on 2008/11/08 06:32
student, vexillologist
image ID#22970 reminds me of a game I see on television show. The game, called Plinko, is where you take a disc and put it against a board. You watch this disc hit a bunch of pins and see it change directions all of the time. Depending on the slot you land into, it is depending on how much money you win.
(ID #363041) Posted on 2008/11/08 06:44
Those are some very harsh penalties, feels like a SAW festival for the whole family, yay!
(ID #363045) Posted on 2008/11/08 06:48
Medical Research and Design
I remember having okonomiyaki and mondoyaki when I was in Tokyo, down at Asakusa. Delicious... oh god... I just got back from Japan three weeks ago and I'm already wanting to return.
(ID #363064) Posted on 2008/11/08 07:26
IT, Programmer, Otaku, ...
There isn't much Japanese festival to be found here in Belgium, usually Chinese festival (if there is an asian one)
(ID #363066) Posted on 2008/11/08 07:30
looks fun . Yay for the looser and poo-poo for the looser lol.
(ID #363073) Posted on 2008/11/08 07:47
There are matsuris being held here as well sometimes.. Wish I could go there in Japan.. Life's looking good there.. A great place to free myself from everyday worries..
(ID #363081) Posted on 2008/11/08 08:02
Ewww the casing or whatever of the siu mai isnt yellow!!
(ID #363084) Posted on 2008/11/08 08:03
i really want to go to one of these some day when I arrive to Japan...Like..really badly.
(ID #363096) Posted on 2008/11/08 08:26
Unemployed Digital Production Artist
So much free food. Matsuris in SF happen during the spring and summer months, with the big one being the Sakura Matsuri in April. No free food though. Now I am hungry.
(ID #363101) Posted on 2008/11/08 08:29
Ninja / Engineer / Sensei / 魔法少女 (What!?! I can't be, I'm a guy...)
You all want to know why they give out so many free things. It is so all the losers from the games have something to cheer them up after they get said punishment for losing. Me: Wow, I see a lot of battered and beaten people at the festival. Let's see what they have to say. Boy: I got a pencil in the ear, but it's ok. I got free ice cream! Girl: I got a club to the leg, but it's ok. I got free takoyaki. Otaku: The pretty girl gave me a slap in the face, but it's ok. I got some free pantsu. Me: Huh!?! Pantsu!?! They weren't giving those out. Otaku: Shhhh... Me: @_@
(ID #363115) Posted on 2008/11/08 08:45
There are some festivals like that in Finland but really not as many as I think you have in Japan and no free stuff most of the time. About the prizes, is it Danny your way to get your fighting spirit up for the competition that you imagine you will get punched in the face if you lose? :P Good there wasnt a competition where winner gets to choose one figure from the losers collection...
(ID #363132) Posted on 2008/11/08 09:02
Wow, that looks like loads of fun, especially for the kids. Also, love the american flag shoes this lady has ^^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dannychoo/3010305256/sizes/o/
(ID #363155) Posted on 2008/11/08 09:31
Evil Fanfic Writer
Favourite prize: a mouth full of camel droppings for the losers.
(ID #363161) Posted on 2008/11/08 09:41
soon-to-be 2nd year Civil Engineering student
I think there are some here in Malaysia but not lucky enough to have gone to one... Looks like great fun, plenty of free foods as well!!! Is siumai called siobee(hokkien) in Singapore? cause where I live it's called siobee...
(ID #363166) Posted on 2008/11/08 09:44
Scientist, unemployed.
The closest thing we have here is when the Japanese garden in Saginaw opens. And it's always on a weekend when I can't go.
(ID #363184) Posted on 2008/11/08 09:57
anime/cosplay events organizer
There were some small japan-type festivals here before but they are a small part of a much larger event... I wanted to experience one and not just otaku events if ever I get to Japan in the future ^^
(ID #363222) Posted on 2008/11/08 10:26
US Navy Sailor
Have fun in Singapore Danny. I found it a relaxing place with some unusual teas and juices to buy. Its kind of a pricy port visit though, and the vending machines did not except $10 Sing bills I found out. ^_^; For where I come from, theres hardly any people. I used to live in Texas where there are more cows than people. Theres no Japanese festival, or Japanese people where I came from originally.
(ID #363226) Posted on 2008/11/08 10:29
filmaker
the losers always get some free-binta? i thought evry1 loves free-binta
(ID #363281) Posted on 2008/11/08 11:25
Student artist
Hopefully I do not forget to go to festivals in Little Tokyo
(ID #363326) Posted on 2008/11/08 12:22
the punishments... sound too harsh.
(ID #363340) Posted on 2008/11/08 12:51
i lol'd at all the different punishments XD i always wonder how nice it would be to attend such festivals... there's not much festivals, if not any of such mood, atmosphere and 'give away freebies!'-mentality in Singapore... people are too cheapskate >.< attended one at my hometown in korea.. ended up crying when the festival ended T.T
(ID #363363) Posted on 2008/11/08 13:46
I like the caption is on top of the photo. I always get confused which photo the caption is referring to without reading both and checking the picture.
(ID #363364) Posted on 2008/11/08 13:47
Well it's rare here, and only limited to Little Tokyo mostly...what's the point of the glass ball in the Ramune anyway?
(ID #363420) Posted on 2008/11/08 15:02
Ahh that's nice...but what's with all the free food!? I love Ramune! I laughed at my friends for breaking the bottle to get the marble out...XD
(ID #363432) Posted on 2008/11/08 15:09
Kokoro Kotonoha's personal trainer
The only Japan type festivals in L.A. are the festivals held during Nisei Week in August of every year. That's right, i have to wait a year for this. And this year they didn't even have a Tofu Festival. It was cancelled.
(ID #363537) Posted on 2008/11/08 16:14
Those are some pretty rough penalties for the loser, I guess it's to make you try harder. As for the octopus balls, it never gets old.
(ID #363563) Posted on 2008/11/08 16:55
Anime had me assuming that these were strictly held at shrine's and in parks. This looks like your typical street fair which, in retrospect, makes much more sense.
(ID #363573) Posted on 2008/11/08 17:25
Daigakusei [Consular and Diplomatic Affairs]
Japanese festivals sure are a lot more fun compared to most of the crappy festivals here in the Philippines~ free food stuff is amazing!
(ID #363616) Posted on 2008/11/08 18:22
Student/Panel liner
What kind of festivals do they have back in the PI? I haven't been back to my home country in 14 years.
(ID #363620) Posted on 2008/11/08 18:27
Student/Panel liner
The first time I saw "Winners get x, losers get x" I wasn't too fazed. Then as they continued, I got more and more shocked. Then as they continued some more, I noticed you were joking. I hope o_o.
(ID #363618) Posted on 2008/11/08 18:26
There should be festivals like this worldwide for every culture to make things more fun and diverse. The okonomiyaki looks neat. ^_^
(ID #363660) Posted on 2008/11/08 19:12
High school student
Free food? Awesome. We don't have any festivals like those in Japan. In Prague, in December, they sell choco banana at Old Town Square's Christmas market. It is the top-selling among fruits in chocolate.
(ID #363687) Posted on 2008/11/08 19:45
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
Danny makes losing sound like a SPARTAN-II boot camp. XD Would love to try a bottle of Ramune though - wonder what it tastes like...
(ID #363894) Posted on 2008/11/08 23:55
hey danny you are coming to singapore? any plans to have a singapore reader's meal or something?
(ID #363922) Posted on 2008/11/09 00:30
pixels & photography
as usual, ur food pics make me hungry ^^
(ID #363973) Posted on 2008/11/09 01:37
The missing word for picture one is...... TOMBOLA!! Can I join in with the playing in picture two when I visit? The only 'festivals' of the type photographed where I live is a local school fete to raise funds, or a folk/hippie style 'peace and love' day. Both are usually in the school holiays, so we all hope that they will fall sometime during the three days of sunshine which are our summer ^-^
(ID #364147) Posted on 2008/11/09 04:40
uncreative (Registered on 2008/08/16 01:50)
There's a Cherry Blossom Festival in my city. It's mostly traditional arts like taiko, dancing, drama, and karate.
(ID #364214) Posted on 2008/11/09 06:23
the things the loser gets are quite violent! looks fun,i wouldnt mind playing the goldfish game,it looks fun^^
(ID #364350) Posted on 2008/11/09 09:59
Always wanted to go to a japanese style festival, but I might stay away from your local one. Do they have paramedics on watch for all the loser?
(ID #364378) Posted on 2008/11/09 10:29
"Is Japan the only place where they can get away selling these chocolate bananas without being arrested?" I could not hold my laughter in!!!!
(ID #364382) Posted on 2008/11/09 10:32
I don't mind losing and getting slapped by the cute lady, as the Chinese saying goes... um.. hit me something love something? oh wells, as long as it is a PURTY young lady! *smooch* Shiu Mai! love it with soy sauce. And its free! Shame, nothing like this in the UK, if there were, I'm sure Chavs would of nicked and gunned down home to munch on their loot.
(ID #364432) Posted on 2008/11/09 11:02
Not the greatest looking food, but I would like to try the chocolate banana.
(ID #364481) Posted on 2008/11/09 11:36
Multimedia Technology Student, eLearning software developer, Skateboard coach, Filmer, Editor
There's Japanese festivals down here, and they're really fun. They only come around a few times a year though...sigh.
(ID #364500) Posted on 2008/11/09 11:49
if i was a kid, i wouldn't want to loose any game i played here. every form of torture except throwing a kitchen sink on the head was included.
(ID #365189) Posted on 2008/11/10 02:29
IT Expert / System, Network, Security Administrator
I knew almost everything here, except that slap on face, OUCH!! and *shocked* !
(ID #365578) Posted on 2008/11/10 12:06
YAY TAKOYAKI!!!! Where I live every year around April and May they have a cherry blossom festival! They have all this fun stuff there but my favorite part is all the Japanese food and snacks. Thats where I got to try takoyaki and I love the stuff ^//^. But may I ask what is Shiu Mai?
(ID #365591) Posted on 2008/11/10 12:21
So much free food. ;A;
(ID #365678) Posted on 2008/11/10 14:15
I actually made a news bit of the San Jose Japan Town fall festival. Quite fun indeed. Too bad it did rain half of the time or so.
(ID #365948) Posted on 2008/11/10 19:33
Programmer Trainee
Haha I wish we had free food when we have festivals. The prizes for losers are kinda scary...XD
(ID #366038) Posted on 2008/11/10 21:35
Too bad we don't have these in the uk or in Hong kong. The japanese festivals always looks good.
(ID #366142) Posted on 2008/11/10 23:29
Designer / Visual Editor
These kind of festivals DID actually exist in England (before the arrival of Christianity..) Pagan England was awash with festivals (even at similar times of the year as Shinto festivals !)
(ID #367482) Posted on 2008/11/12 01:56
food, prizes, lots of games, tons of food with squid in them... Count me in! I'll bring my American friend and force him to have some!
(ID #366386) Posted on 2008/11/11 06:23
During August the japanese school downtown organizes a festival. Some people wear yukata to it, and there's always taiko/sumo demonstrations, and food +_+ Yay takoyaki <33
(ID #366540) Posted on 2008/11/11 09:41
takamichi (Registered on 2008/09/13 02:00)
neck of the woods XDD???? imi wakanai
(ID #367126) Posted on 2008/11/11 17:41
I WANT FREE FOOD XD
(ID #367476) Posted on 2008/11/12 01:42
Designer / Visual Editor
The mystery game in the photo with the cutie attendant number (image ID#22970) is Pachinko ! Hard to recognize the original pachinko board without the sound super-loud techno being pumped out, the heavy smell of 9000 cigarettes in the air, and the loud clackity-click of the the steel pachinko balls.. BTW I love the Japanese festivals such much , its a shame they dont have these in the States or Europe, but that has a lot to do with European version of SHinto (Paganism) being wiped out (along with a lot of Europe's culture) by the arrival of Christianity.
(ID #367477) Posted on 2008/11/12 01:47
LOL at your comments for the loser. In San Francisco's Japantown, they do have the celebration once in a while. The common one was the Cherry Blossom Festival. Not sure about the Autumn though.
(ID #367733) Posted on 2008/11/12 08:24
lazily spend time as a system administrator and wasting my degree in accountancy
if only festival in malaysia is like this... it would be fun... here it was full with crap shop... not fun at all... bleh...
(ID #370615) Posted on 2008/11/14 11:42
Im familiar with some of these festivals, love living in Hawaii because of the multi cultural fun mostly Asian festivals XD..... WISH WE HAD GOLDEN WEEK!
(ID #371223) Posted on 2008/11/14 23:28
Otaku / Student in Computer Science
There's just happen once a year here...
(ID #371666) Posted on 2008/11/15 07:07
Whatever the season, festivals in Japan are always nice. I really want to go there to eat sweet potatoes
(ID #380893) Posted on 2008/11/22 01:00
I wish the festivals and celebration here had that kind of food.
(ID #443754) Posted on 2009/01/11 11:58
SOS Brigade Leader
Wow, I didnt even know theres a Japanese Festival in Malaysia. I should know because I live there.Can anyone tell me if there is a festival again in Malaysia > Thanks ^^
(ID #494110) Posted on 2009/02/18 17:46
Restaurant and food industry student
Did those kids win a figure of those little games, iwanna taste those chocolade things!!
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