Japan Adventure

It's cozy in here, but time for us to leave. If we stay much longer (and if Stan has any more SHOCHU) we'll miss the egret dance & that's what we came for! So we said our arigatos & sayonaras & pedaled off. What a fun adventure this has been & we made some new friends!


We're heading down the narrow street & hoping we can find our way back to a main street, but Stan's having a little trouble keeping his balance . . . I told him if he fell, I would ride away & pretend I didn't know him.


So we made it back to Tonomachi Street. It looks like the first event will start here. I believe this is the Hanko Yorokan (Tsuwano Clan-run school) - this is where the crowd is gathering, so we set up our camp chairs under the shade of a large ginko tree.


White egret decorations.




Cute little girl.


Participants gathering . . .


New Japan / Old Japan


Looking up into the ginko tree towering above us. This street is lined with them & they are all bright golden in autumn.


New best friends met right next to us.


Oh I think the policeman walking down the street means it's going to start soon . . .