The Kamioooka (上大岡) area is full of hills and hills and gigantic hills. (That's why it has three of the letter o in its name.) There are some flat parts, but other than that it's all hills. We live in a really nice (and very visible) apartment complex on top of a really, really big hill. It's basically a castle on a mountain. This area is also very densely populated. Any square meter that's not a park is covered in buildings.
They had the Bon festival last weekend. I wish I payed more attention to what it was about (it has something to do with ancestors) but it was a good chance to talk to people. Apparently there are going to be a lot more festivals coming up here soon.
Lanterns floating down the river in the Bon Festival
These two were going at this drum for hours... and then one of them got on the stage and started dancing with these clappers. I talked to one of the drummers afterwards (the one who's drumming in this video), and he said he'd been doing it for eighteen years.
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