Nisei Week Festival/Little Tokyo/Related

I'm having a great time at Nisei Week. The parade was cool. The nebuta float was awesome.

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What's left of it is now sitting out front of the JACCC. I tried to take a picture of it, but these crazy people got in the way and totally ruined my picture. :hehe:

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One more day of craziness to go and I'm dead tired right now.

Super No. 1 wrote:I'm having a great time at Nisei Week. The parade was cool. The nebuta float was awesome.

Nice pics. That Nebuta float was great and so was the entire parade.... I thought 100% better than last year.

I'll be watching and camming the bon-odori tomorrow too. Hope you get some great pictures.

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Nice. :thumbsup:

Saw video of the construction and designer on today's JATV news on Channel 18...


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Q and I saw the girls at the New Otani last weekend... Unfortunately, the girl we picked to win didn't. :sweat:

Super No. 1 wrote:I'm having a great time at Nisei Week. The parade was cool. The nebuta float was awesome.

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SUGOI! That's an impressive float. :good:

Wynter wrote:

SUGOI! That's an impressive float. :good:

Wanna know more? Go here:http://www.nebuta-la.org/[/list:u]

Thanks for the link, Musa!

"There are many theories about the origin of the Nebuta Festival. One is that it is said to have originated after the subjugation of rebels in this district by "General TAMURAMARO" in the early 800's. He had his army create large creatures, called "Nebuta", for frighten the enemy.

Another theory is that the Nebuta Festival was a development of the "TANABATA" festival in China. One of the customs during this festival was "TORO" floating. A "toro" is a wooden frame box wrapped with Japanese paper. The Japanese light a candle inside the "TORO" and put it out to float onto the river or into the sea. The purpose behind this is to purify themselves and send the evil spirits out to sea. "TORO" floating is still one of the most impressive and beautiful sights during the summer nights of the Japanese festivals. On the final night, "toro" floating in accompanied by a large display of colorful fireworks. This is said to be the origin of the Nebuta Festival. Gradually these floats grew in size, as did the festivities, until they are the large size they are now."

I'd LOVE to see toro floating. :victory:

Back to the dolls:

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Wynter wrote:Thanks for the link, Musa!

"There are many theories about the origin of the Nebuta Festival. One is that it is said to have originated after the subjugation of rebels in this district by "General TAMURAMARO" in the early 800's. He had his army create large creatures, called "Nebuta", for frighten the enemy.

Another theory is that the Nebuta Festival was a development of the "TANABATA" festival in China. One of the customs during this festival was "TORO" floating. A "toro" is a wooden frame box wrapped with Japanese paper. The Japanese light a candle inside the "TORO" and put it out to float onto the river or into the sea. The purpose behind this is to purify themselves and send the evil spirits out to sea. "TORO" floating is still one of the most impressive and beautiful sights during the summer nights of the Japanese festivals. On the final night, "toro" floating in accompanied by a large display of colorful fireworks. This is said to be the origin of the Nebuta Festival. Gradually these floats grew in size, as did the festivities, until they are the large size they are now."

I'd LOVE to see toro floating. :victory:

the only toro i ever seen was the o-toro floating into my mouth...

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Erin on my space took this of the nebuta float. I don't know if you can see this without belonging to my space... but let's try it:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.showvids&friendID=104069056&n=104069056&MyToken=a5458d07-35b0-4577-ab91-b9928c0fdd48

ralphm1999 wrote:Erin on my space took this of the nebuta float. I don't know if you can see this without belonging to my space... but let's try it:

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.showvids&friendID=104069056&n=104069056&MyToken=a5458d07-35b0-4577-ab91-b9928c0fdd48

I had no problem seeing it. :good: Wow, it's even more impressive in live action.

More. :)

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bmwracer wrote:More. :)

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Gorgeous. :good: I wonder if the dollmakers paint the backdrops as well.

Wynter wrote:Gorgeous. :good: I wonder if the dollmakers paint the backdrops as well.

I wouldn't be surprised. :victory:

I didn't take any photos on Sunday. I spent most of the day working at the anime festival because my friend runs it. I had lunch over at the taiko gathering and after that, the weather got crazy.

I made it to the bon-odori, but I was having too much fun participating and I didn't want to take any photos. I have mad awa odori skills, but ondo needs a lot of work.

Super No. 1 wrote:I didn't take any photos on Sunday. I spent most of the day working at the anime festival because my friend runs it. I had lunch over at the taiko gathering and after that, the weather got crazy.

I made it to the bon-odori, but I was having too much fun participating and I didn't want to take any photos. I have mad awa odori skills, but ondo needs a lot of work.

I took lots of cam of the Taiko and bon-odori. But it started getting dark again so I don't know yet how much will be good enough to post. It will take me a few days until I can sort it out. Maybe you're in one of my cams at the bon-odori. The Taiko drums on the JACC stage were unusually good but the Z taikos on the street were just like last year completely OUT OF THIS WORLD. I could listen to them endlessly....
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Japanese armor. :thumbsup:

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bmwracer wrote:Japanese armor. :thumbsup:

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Awesome! I can't imagine how they'd be able to move properly in that tho. :sweat:

Wynter wrote:Awesome! I can't imagine how they'd be able to move properly in that tho. :sweat:

In talking with the expert there, he said that the gear was about 40-50 lbs... About the same as what the U.S. soldiers are lugging around in Iraq... :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
In talking with the expert there, he said that the gear was about 40-50 lbs... About the same as what the U.S. soldiers are lugging around in Iraq... :sweat:

Yikes. :sweat:

Wynter wrote:Yikes. :sweat:

Not to mentione the 120+F temps in Iraq. :sweat: :sweat: :sweat: