Dancin’ Like Fools…

Do you remember the “Bon-odori” dance festival I told you about a couple of weeks ago? About honoring the ancestors and dancing like a fool with strangers and all that? If you don’t know what I am talking about and/or

If you’re going to be a fool anyway, you might as well dance!

Summer matsuri (festival) season is well and truly upon us here in Japan! And that means it’s time to celebrate Obon, when the souls of the ancestors are said to return to the living world. (O)Bon festivals are held throughout