It's that time of year again, and even though I'm STILL recovering from this week's massive migraines, I braved the "cloudy" weather and went out to watch the parade.
The parade is short (2 hours!), it has firetrucks and toy-like cars, it has popular dogs marching along with their owners, it features TAIKO DRUMMING (which I always love), and it features people in colorful costumes filling the street. I'm a huge fan of the Yokakoi dance supergroup, made up of multiple teams that are so energetic and fill the street with sound, movement, and color.
The parade is so cheerful!
This is one of those especially festive days when I want to SHOUT the thing that everyone already knows, that 'I LOVE SF.'
The
mikoshi (a portable Shinto shrine) looked amazing (and SUPER HEAVY), and the volunteers who carried it on their shoulders, packed closely together, did a great job.
(Somehow, while this was all going on, I did NOT have a headache! What a nice break from that.)
