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maya.the.bee
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 Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:27 pm Post subject: Osaka- Kishiwada Danjiru Festival |
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Just a question of when? Last weekend, this weekend, Fri & Sat, Sat & Sun? If it's still going on today, worth going all that way south?
Thanks for any info. |
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canuck
Joined: 11 May 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:47 am Post subject: Re: Osaka- Kishiwada Danjiru Festival |
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| maya.the.bee wrote: |
| Just a question of when? Last weekend, this weekend, Fri & Sat, Sat & Sun? If it's still going on today, worth going all that way south? |
It's the type of thing that is interesting if you have friends that are participating. Otherwise, I would pass on it. |
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Like a Rolling Stone
Joined: 27 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 5:55 am Post subject: |
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My Lonely Planet says it is 14-15 September, so its gone already.  |
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canuck
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:00 am Post subject: |
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| And just like every other year, someone probably died too. |
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bshabu
Joined: 03 Apr 2003
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Location: Kumagaya
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:22 am Post subject: |
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| They have changed the dates so that it will fall on weekends every year. |
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Like a Rolling Stone
Joined: 27 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:24 am Post subject: |
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| bshabu wrote: |
| They have changed the dates so that it will fall on weekends every year. |
So it was yesterday? Still missed it  |
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callmesim
Joined: 27 Oct 2005
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Location: London, UK
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:47 am Post subject: |
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I went yesterday. was okay. The rain was a pain in the hole but in the 2 hours I was there, there were about 5 danjiri passing by.
Glad I went as I wont be doing it again. |
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Like a Rolling Stone
Joined: 27 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 9:03 am Post subject: |
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| callmesim wrote: |
I went yesterday. was okay. The rain was a pain in the hole but in the 2 hours I was there, there were about 5 danjiri passing by.
Glad I went as I wont be doing it again. |
Was it dangerous? |
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callmesim
Joined: 27 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Like a Rolling Stone wrote: |
Was it dangerous? |
Not really. That said, all it takes is the guy on the top losing his balance on the corners and there could be a serious injury.
Like a lot of things, the concept of "dangerous" often gets exaggerated by the locals.  |
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blue jay
Joined: 03 Aug 2004
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Location: Vancouver, formerly Osaka, Japan
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| Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 1:26 am Post subject: |
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| Its worth attending..along with Gion Matsuri & Tenji Matsuri.. |
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