 | I (arrow) am carrying the shrine in the Shirayama Hakusan Matsuri. It was a lot of fun. The man holding the flag is Mr. Horie (Manyo's Mrs. Horie's husband). | |||||||||
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| The mikoshi is heavy! We throw it, then we must catch it. We got very tired. | ||||||||||
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| No, I don't know why we're hitting a hillside. There must be a reason. If you know, please tell me! | ||||||||||
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| The Mizoguchi family gave me these three pictures. I think Mrs. Mizoguchi took them. (She's Sexboy's mom!) Many people gave us food and drinks when we stopped to rest. I like Shirayama people very much! | ||||||||||
Note: With the exception of a few group photos used by permission of the photographers and a few other photos credited to others, all photos on this site are © Peter M. Rivard. Photos on this page are posted by permission of the photographers, who don't happen to be me (I believe it's Mrs. Mizo, but it's been so long...).