Okagura Performance at the Habeshina Shrine Fall Festival
私は今日の一日、法被を着ています。皮閉科神社の秋祭りなので朝の布団上げが終わってから、夜遅くまでという長い日です。今は途中で抜かしてもらって、今日のお客さんの布団引きの為に亀清旅館にちょっと戻っています。私は上山田お神楽保存会で獅子笛をやっている訳です。町中を歩いて、老人ホームや祭りの祭典取締役の家とかで、あちらこちらに披露してきました。お昼は神社の方に戻って、子供相撲も見えました。恐らくプローの相撲より楽しいかもしれない。
まあ、物凄くハードな一日ですが、他に日に変えたいと思わない。
Today is a long, long day. This morning, as soon as I was done flipping the futons of last night's guests, I changed into my Happi and joined the Okagura Lion Dance troupe for a day of walking all around town and performing as part of the Habeshina Shrine's Fall Festival. We performed at everything from a retirement home to somebody's brand new house. Midway through, we stopped back at the shrine, and got to see some of the kids sumo. Watching the kids wrestle has to be as fun as seeing the big pros. Anyways, I'm taking a quick break from the Okagura tour to come back to Kamesei and flip the futons for tonight's guests. Then it's back out for the 8:30pm grand finale at the Shrine. Like I said, this is a long day. But you know what? I wouldn't change it for anything.
Kids Sumo
