Kansai (Osaka, Kyoto)

Tenjin Matsuri Festival in Osaka

The Tenjin Matsuri Festival is the biggest festival in Osaka. The celebrations include a land processio, a boat procession, and then fireworks. After the parade, the participants head to the river and the boat processions continue up the river. For some reason, I think there will be fancy, decorated boats, but there aren’t.

Vegetarian Food in Osaka

For quick meals I buy nigiri sushi (plum or seaweed), inari sushi, or an egg sandwich from convenience stores (konbini) – Lawson, Family Mart, or 7Eleven. Other times, I cook for myself at my AirBNB accommodation. Here are some of the vegetarian meals I had in Osaka. Some restaurants are vegetarian-friendly that offer vegetarian food and are …

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Nara, oh deer!

My cousin Mel likes animals – she has a zoo. Okay, not literally, but she has or has had birds (canaries?), gerbil, hamster, dog, and a snake! Who knows what else she is breeding. After watching clips of these deers and their Japanese politeness (head bowing), Mel told me to check them out in Nara, Japan. I …

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Gion Matsuri Festival, Part Two

If you missed Part One about the Pre-Parade festivities, go here. For the July 17th float procession, also known as Saki-Matsuri, there are 23 floats in the parade. For the July 24th procession, known as Ato-Matsuri, only 10, which is more than enough (in my opinion). In the brochure that they hand out, the parade …

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