Kagayaki No. 509, a Nishitsu supporter, went to the “Mukogawa Bon Odori” held yesterday, 8/23, and also taking place today and tomorrow, so here’s a look〜
I thought it was unusual to dance Bon Odori to “Beautiful Sunday”(you’ll know it when you hear it), but apparently it’s done in quite a few places around Japan. I saw a blog saying it first started at a Bon Odori event in front of Hanshin Amagasaki Station in the late 1970s〜. Apparently in Itami, Seiji Tanaka himself performs it live
Here it is on the map↓
The address is 4-26-5 Mukogawacho, Amagasaki City, Hyogo Prefecture.
Mukogawa Station↓
A vending machine for freshly squeezed orange juice. It’s completely out of oranges. Maybe because there were so many people at the festival〜 and it was hot too
Is that Mukogawa Station in the back there〜? In Nishinomiya, you’d probably only see this many food stalls at Toka Ebisu or the Mondo Yakujin Grand Festival〜. And apparently this is still considered a smaller crowd because it was Friday.
From here, it does kind of look like it wasn’t too crowded that day.
No, actually, that’s a lot of people.
A “10-yen coin bread” seems to be bread shaped like a 10-yen coin〜. But you can’t buy it for 10 yen. It’s filled with stretchy cheese
You’d think there would be more sobameshi stalls, but maybe they’re actually pretty rare.
Yeah, this is the kind of thing you end up buying〜.
Shaved ice cups have looked like this forever, haven’t they〜. I wonder why they ended up with red letters on an ocean design〜
Fire trucks show up at festival events pretty often, don’t they〜.
Ohhh, it’s not just food stalls, there are actual shops too. Ikayaki, karaage, chicken-skin gyoza, and whole pickled cucumbers. Nice〜
The Bon Odori will also be held tomorrow, 8/24〜8/25. It’s just across the bridge from Mukogawa Station, so if you live along the line or nearby, stop by〜. It runs from 18:30 to 21:30〜
