■I walked around the Gion Festival.
It accompanies the Yamahoko procession and Kamakiriyama mountain.
I designed a praying mantis hand towel and T-shirt.
tupera I walked with tupera Kameyama.
This is the first time since I turned 60 that I have gone from being a viewer to being a performer.
Congratulations!
It was 40 degrees. Five hours. A full round through.
From Shijo to Kawaramachi to Oike, walk down the middle of the road.
It was also my first time being bombarded with a barrage of tens of thousands of cameras.
I'm aiming for the praying mantis behind me so I don't need to be nervous.
Somehow, I managed to complete the walk.
There are 23 floats. Some are huge, others small.
A fleet of ships, including warships, destroyers, and patrol boats, along with their crews.
Slowly, slowly.
They march in an orderly fashion, circling left around Shijo Kawaramachi and Kawaramachi Oike.
The command and control and on-site response taught me a lot about management.
You'll only understand once you walk there.
Finally, on the way back from the wide Oike pond to the narrow Shinmachi area,
Local people overflowed on both sides,
He was enthusiastically rewarded with cheers and applause.
I was so moved.
This 1200-year-old festival is not something that aristocrats or temples or shrines hold.
It belongs to the townspeople.
Thank you.
