You all missed the spectacle of a White guy in a Hapi coat (me!) and all these Japanese people hauling around a mini-Shinto Shrine - ostensibly one of only two in the US, I might add. Dancing + Heavy Lifting = winning combination! CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP HOOOOOY! And.. since I was the tallest one, I couldn’t rest the damn thing on my shoulder, so my arms are fucking sore!
Tags: Japanese, mikoshi, natsumatsuri, shinto