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The eighth matsuri we visited in our October Matsuri marathon was our own village's matsuri. The shrine was packed when we arrived, and stayed packed all night. A large chunk of the audience was composed of young people, especially young women. It seems the Tanijyugo group has grown in popularity and now has many fans from outside the village.The kids did a great version of Jinrin, and showed ...

Matsuri Restuarant has been ramping up their sake events and I was delighted to attend a recent event there devoted to Umenoyado sake sponsored by Daiei Trading Sake Importers. I last had Umenoyado sake at a tasting event at ... . Enjoy as dessert after a meal! And who better to explore what Ume can do than the Plum house itself “Ume no Yado”! Sake Tasting We've arrived at Matsuri

The Tokyo Jidai Matsuri is a parade that traces cultural history, including in part, in relation to the Asakusa Temple (Sensoji). The story of the Temple begins in 628 when two fishermen find a golden statue of the Buddha in the Sumida river, and thus a temple was built to house it. During the Tokugawa Shogunate, the Sensoji was designated a place of worship.

I had a great time last night at Matsuri Restaurant (Located in the Maritime Hotel in Chelsea). Executive Chef Tadashi Ono and Food Journalist Harris Salat were promoting their new Japanese Hot Pot Book.  They had some really good sake to pair with the hot pots and about 60 people came out to the soiree.  Tasty food, really good booze, and a bunch of cute girls giggling the night away.  ...

First: We went to the Kenka Matsuri in Nada. It's a very large affair where lots of men in thongs (to put it simply) crash shrines into each other, and parade even bigger shrines up/down the mountain, push each other around, and declare a winner. It's really macho and apparently someone dies every year. One shrine was gone the night we went because a man was killed when it fell on him the ...