So, last Sunday, I went to Teshima. It was part of my mini Seto Islands Tour, but it was more than that. In a sense I had to be there on October 21st and not another day. Why is that? Well, because it’s the day of the Karato Hachiman

  By the way, this is where I was last week-end:     After not going there in two years, I went to Shōdoshima for the second time in one month. This time we spent two days there (it was my first time sleeping on an island!) doing some tourism and

    I hope you’re not getting tired of seeing Taikodai from the Niihama Taiko Matsuri on this blog, because I’m not, so it will continue as long as I have pictures left in my pool of pictures (and it may well last until October, when I hope I’ll be

    A small flashback from the Niihama Taiko Matsuri 2010. I actually still have a bunch of pictures (most of people) from that Matsuri. They will all come in due time.  

    Right now (Oct 14-18 if I’m correct) in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, the Niihama Taiko Matsuri is taking place. If you’re in the vicinity, I more than advise you to go. If not, you still can read my post of the Niihama Taiko Matsuri from last year when I

Three days ago, I stopped my story about Teshima’s Matsuri with a short video showing participants “fighting” a duel, Taikodai vs Mikoshi (the shrine being dedicated to Hachiman, god of war and strength among many other things, this showing of strength was more or less part of the ritual, but

Remember last November, when I told you about my first trip to Teshima? I alluded to an event that was too fresh to be told yet. Don’t you think that it’s finally time for me to do it? (no, I didn’t need all this time to finally be ready to

    For more details, please refer to my post about the Niihama Taiko Matsuri. (Show Me Japan starts earlier earlier every week-end… That gives us more time to enjoy it)    

The most clairvoyant among you would have understood this since yesterday, today, I’m going to talk about a Matsuri, but not just any Matsuri, this post is devoted to the Niihama Taiko Matsuri! What is that? Well, it’s a Matsuri, it takes place in the city of Niihama in the

    This is a Taikodai, which means “drum-float”. One can find it over various areas of Japan (especially in the West part of the country). This particular one comes from the town of Niihama in the Prefecture of Ehime on Shikoku.     Taikodai are about 5 meters high (15ft) and weigh about