Marukatsu Matsuri

After the mochitsuki, the town of Katsuura had a fun little area matsuri/festival. There was vocal choir, the Camelia Brass Band, a puppet play, the throwing of the mochi that we had pounded in the morning, and a bazaar of games for the kids [and adults like me and Sandy who refuse to grow up.]





Throwing the mochi.





The band was really good, but the best part of it was the drummer, who was living out his rock n' roll fantasy. The red felt, fur lined cowboy hat [above] and the horse head mask [below] attest to that.



Sandy the cotton candy sugar fiend.



Curling... actually much harder than you'd think.




As is ring toss...



But golf, on the other hand...



...not a problem!
Couple more pics at this link.