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They proceeded along a route within the shrine's neighborhood and Sakata Station. There are 16 of them.56 views
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The children's mikoshi already arrived at this little park next to Ugano Shrine.56 views
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The procession continued along.56 views
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Todo Takatora sake.56 views
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By coincidence, I've been to all these castles related to Takatora.56 views
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Outside the pavilion are food stalls and covered picnic tables.56 views
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Map of Mt. Odani. From the Odani pavilion, there are shuttle buses going to Odani Castle. The roundtrip fare is 500 yen. It is a guided tour to the main parts of Odani Castle ruins. Photos here.56 views
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Weeping cherry tree at Kiyotaki Tokugen-in temple, Maibara, Shiga.56 views
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Inside Tokugen-in temple's Hondo main hall. There's not much room in front of the altar.56 views
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Bentenjima in Kiyotaki.56 views
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Nagahama Castle (photos here) can be seen on the left.56 views
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In summer, Matsubara Beach is popular with swimmers and a fireworks display offshore sees huge crowds filling the beach.56 views
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Soon this street perpendicular to Yokaichi Station will be filled with dancers.56 views
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Honmachi Saturday Night Market is held on the same day as the Shotoku Matsuri. 本町土曜夜市56 views
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West side of JR Nagahama Station.56 views
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Japanese-style rooms.56 views
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Garden56 views
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First floor of Mondecool has the restaurant, Joyfull. Right next to Nagahama Station.56 views*Sadly, Joyfull restaurant at Nagahama Station Mondecool closed on Jan. 21, 2019 along with the Nagahama Inter Branch. The space is now a fitness center.
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Old New Year's decorations to be burned.56 views
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Shingu Shrine56 views
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Chinese protest drum with a rooster on top symbolizing peace in the land.56 views
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Pouring kerosene into the large torches.56 views
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Before 7 pm, they light a few fire lamps.56 views
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Then they turn right and go along the river toward Atago Shrine.56 views
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Shigaraki taiko drummers56 views
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Came a little too early.56 views
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Lit up at night.56 views
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Bus stop to Yokaichi Station.56 views
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This is near the bus stop.56 views
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Small gate ahead.56 views
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Main worship hall.56 views
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Facing the altar inside Hyakusaiji's main temple hall. 56 views
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Shuttle bus to the next temple.56 views
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I asked the float's leader about the cost. I was told that they spent ¥200,000 for edible float materials and ¥800,000 for festival expenses even with free labor.56 viewsThey work on the float in the evenings after work or school. They solicit donations from neighborhood residents and sponsors.
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The flower's stamen were made with these small, banana-shaped chocolate candy. As long as it is edible, they can use anything on the float, even modern junk food.56 viewsBanana-shaped chocolate candy for a flower's stamen, such great imagination. Year-round, they always look at edible things and imagine what it can be used for on a Sagicho float. Compared to the old days, they now have a lot more edible choices and colors to choose from to make the float decorations.
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Omi-Hachiman's Sagicho Festival originated in neighboring Azuchi-cho town where Oda Nobunaga had his magnificent castle. Uwai-cho float. 魚屋町56 views
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Ishin-cho float. 為心町56 views
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Suwai-cho float. 仲屋町56 views
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Honmachi float 本町56 views
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Some drinking and partying on the side.56 views
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Shinmachi-dori float leaving the shrine. 新町通り56 views
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Uwai-cho float. 魚屋町56 views
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Sanwakai float. 参和会56 views
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Dai-niku float sold these hand towels for ¥500. 第二区56 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会56 views
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Ikeda-machi float. 池田町56 views
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Shichikukai float. 紫竹会56 views
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Tarobogu's ema prayer tablets have a blank tengu goblin face. You draw the face yourself. How interactive.56 views
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Mountain ascetic priests chanting.56 views
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Amazing that this station is still being used. I figure its days are numbered though.56 views
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Built and unveiled on June 25, 2017 by a non-profit citizens group in Nagahama for the song's 100th anniversary. You can sit on Japan's most expensive public park bench.56 views
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My tribute photos for this original Uminoko.56 views
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Kiyotaki Tokugen-in Temple's garden in autumn.56 views
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View of Tokugen-in Temple's garden in autumn.56 views
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View of Tokugen-in Temple's garden in autumn.56 views
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It was pretty shocking to see this. Fortunately, no one was hurt.56 views
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The wall tore off from this storehouse.56 views
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So two of my friends and I volunteered to remove the fallen wall in mid-Nov. 2018. One friend John W. is an American experienced in disaster cleanups. Other friend was a nearby resident who had a handy chain saw. 56 viewsWe were advised to take apart the wall and separate the materials into large bags and piles.
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Manhole card for Toyosato's manhole.56 views
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Exterior of Funa-roka boat corridor.56 views
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More tanuki greet you at Shigaraki Station.56 views
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Inside Shigaraki Station waiting area. There's a display case in the corner.56 views
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Lake Yogo is a small but scenic and serene lake north of Lake Biwa. Famous for the legend of the swan maiden. You can walk or bicycle around the lake. Near Yogo Station on the JR Hokuriku Line. Lake Yogo as seen from Mt. Shizugatake.56 views
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Lake Yogo swan maiden monument is flanked with a number of poetry stone monuments.56 views
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Lake Yogo swan maiden monument.56 views
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Stone monument at Lake Yogo swan maiden monument.56 views
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Rice paddies in late Sept.56 views
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Legend of Princess Kikuishi and the Dragon Eyeball Stone. 菊石姫と蛇の目玉石56 views
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More narrow road along the western shore of Yogo.56 views
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Lake Yogo cherry blossoms.56 views
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Nagahama Castle and autumn foliage, Shiga Prefecture.56 views
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Nagahama Castle and autumn foliage, Shiga Prefecture.56 views
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Ritto History Museum 栗東歴史民俗博物館55 views
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Ritto History Museum's minka home on display.55 views
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Ohmi Railways Taga Taisha-mae Station. The shrine is a 10-min. walk from this station. 近江鉄道 多賀大社前駅55 views
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View of Toragozen-yama from the lookout deck.55 views
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Camping grounds for tents.55 views
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View of Torahime from Toragozen-yama.55 views
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Mt. Ibuki and signs55 views
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Exhibition inside Jiyukan Hall55 views
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Honden (left) and Haiden. The shrine worships a deity called Amenomikage. The shrine also has Mt. Mikami as a sacred mountain. 天之御影命55 views
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Wakamiya Shrine on the left of the Honden. 若宮社55 views
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Entering Ohmi Railways Amago Station which is also a community house.55 views
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Kora Jinja's Gonden Hall55 views
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On the right of the Honden Hall is this Kora-ishi rock. Although the triangular rock looks small above ground, it is believed to be a huge rock underground. Size unknown. They say that touching the rock brings misfortunes. So it is fenced off. 甲良石55 views
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Little shrine in Shimonogo Sports Park55 views
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Old Nakasendo Road to Bamba-juku, the sixty-second station or post town (shukuba) of the sixty-nine stations on the Nakasendo Road.55 views
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Site of the Honjin, the town's most exclusive inn for daimyo lords and other VIPs. This is not the original building. Just a private house. Near the Waki Honjin. 本陣跡55 views
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Wooden insignia on Sanmon Gate with the Imperial crest on the left. The temple was originally founded by Prince Shotoku Taishi about 1,300 years ago. He named it Horyuji 法隆寺. After being struck by lightning, it was rebuilt in 1284.55 views
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Inside Rengeji Hondo Hall, main altar at the center. 蓮華寺 本堂55 views
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Rengeji Hondo Hall's framed nameplate. The temple's name was written by Emperor Go-Mizunoo (1596–1680).55 views
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Inside is a Jizo-son statue worshipped for transportation safety.55 views
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The temple's third priest wrote the names and age (youngest was 14) of the known fallen warriors in a scroll. He also made these gravestones for them. Visuallly, it's very impressive edifice.55 views
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Chrysanthymum display55 views
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Train tracks to Takatsuki Station55 views
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Near the tunnel entrance is a rest house where you can borrow rubber boots and flash lights for free.55 views
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Floor of second water tunnel. Some water still flows through. Boots recommended.55 views
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Athletes from Shiga at the opening ceremony.55 views
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The next activity, representing water, was having a huge blue sheet covering the spectators. The opening ceremony had a theme based on water, humans, and the sky.55 views
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Taiko troupe55 views
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Kimono group55 views
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Ancient court costume55 views
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Map of the culvert project. The culvert was built to prevent flooding from three rivers flowing through the town.55 views
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Mizuhiki Shrine near the Takawa River Culvert. 水引神社55 views
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Gansan Daishi entered the priesthood at age 17 on Mt. Hiei's Enryakuji temple. In 966, he became the 18th head priest of the Tendai Sect at Enryakuji.55 views
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The Asahi Honen Taiko Odori start walking from the Asahi neighborhood near Hachiman Shrine.55 views
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Torii and lantern-lined path to Kobiyoshi Shrine.55 views
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Giant torches stand ready.55 views
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Glad to see them return because the fun wouldn't begin until they got back at around 8:50 pm. It was pretty cold that night.55 views
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Children's mikoshi. This was on May 1, 2010 and it was an unusually chilly evening.55 views
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They also popped numerous firecrackers. Almost like Chinese New Year's. So much that it was irritating.55 views
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Watch out for them flares.55 views
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Shrine maiden dancers.55 views
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Offerings55 views
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During the ceremony, they passed on the offerings to be placed in the shrine's main hall.55 views
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The yakko-buri men do their thing.55 views
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Sightseeing pamphlets from all the Takatora-related cities who came.55 views
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Across from the Nagahama Hikiyama Museum is the first Go and Azai Sisters Expo paviion called Nagahama Kurokabe Rekishi Drama 50-saku-kan (長浜黒壁・歴史ドラマ50作館).55 views
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Shuttle bus to go to the next pavilion. They start from Nagahama Station's west exit and go to all three pavilions with stops at major attractions along the way. A bus guide is aboard the us.55 views
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Kiyotaki welcome sign.55 views
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Altar in Tokugen-in's Mortuary Hall. 位牌堂55 views
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Cormorant birds fly above Chikubushima, their favorite home.55 views
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Satsuma Beach in Hikone.55 views
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Approaching Isakiji temple.55 views
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Participants from each country came up and gave thanks or sang a song.55 views
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Moriyama City Hall55 views
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Dessert was fig. Yummy!55 viewsReservations are required to have lunch here. Prices are affordable, starting at around ¥1,500. Call 0748-52-0008 (in Japanese). Address: 1264 Nishioji, Hino-cho, Gamou-gun, Shiga-ken 529-1628 (滋賀県蒲生郡日野町大字西大路1264番地)
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The food was prepared by a group of local ladies calling themselves the "Society for Continuing Traditional Cooking" (伝統料理を継続する会).55 viewsThey use locally grown vegetables and other ingredients made in Japan. They say that everything is "wholeheartedly handmade."
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Shrine maidens55 views
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Bon fire is lit.55 views
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JR Hokuriku Line train as seen from Mt. Toragozen.55 views
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Mt. Ibuki as seen from Mt. Toragozen-yama.55 views
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Only a few local people enjoyed the fantastic cherry blossoms on Toragozen-yama.55 views
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Maruyama Tumulus 丸山古墳55 views
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Wooded path to Hyakusaiji.55 views
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Somewhat famous slope of fallen maple leaves at Hyakusaiji.55 views
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Symbol of Hyakusaiji.55 views
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Giant sandals supposed to scare away evil spirits thinking that the sandals belong to a giant guardian.55 views
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Hyakusaiji's Main temple hall (hondo), Hyakusaiji.55 views
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The dog fur is made of jute fibers (黄麻). Very realistic. They had only one person meticulously put on most of the dog's fur.55 viewsThey could've had a few people help, but then the fur would look uneven because each person would do it differently. But they still wanted to train the younger folks to do it, so the trainees were allowed to put fur on the less noticeable spots on the dog.
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This is the base for the dog. All edible materials. Notice the flower's yellow stamen in the center.55 views
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Float support made of straw was built in the garage.55 views
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The 13 floats don't coordinate their designs. They don't share their design plans with other floats.55 viewsSo no one knows who will make which breed of dog until the festival day. Didn't see any chihuahua nor dachshunds.
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