Being the middle of summer it seems theres a festival or matsuri being held literally on every street corner.I ventured out to the Endoji Shopping Arcade earlier this week to see what was happening at the annual Tanabata Festival.The Endoji Shotengai is a... ...full story at Porcelain Monkey
from Porcelain Monkey on Fri, Aug 01 2008
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Tenjin Matsuri Festival in Osaka 2008 »
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