I was going to continue about our visit to the Osarizawa Mine in Kazuno in Akita Prefecture but since we went to watch the Nebuta festival yesterday, I thought I would share our experience of that instead. We watched the festival on the community channel on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, my wife and I decided to watch it with our own eyes. The festival is held every year from August 2 through the 7. The festival starts at 7:00pm and ends around 9:00pm. The best floats would be chosen on the 5th. Then, on the 7th, the best three will be featured on a ship that sails around Mutsu Bay. The festival will end with a fireworks display.
本当は尾去沢鉱山のネタの続きを書こうと思ったが、昨日生でねぶた祭りを見に行ったもんで、それを紹介しようと想ってます。金曜日と土曜日テレビの市民チャンネルで見てましたが、やはり生で見たくなり、日曜日僕と妻が見に行くことにした。ねぶた祭りは靑森市で毎年の8月2日から7日まで開催する。8月1日に前夜祭もある。土曜日に一番良いねぶたを決める。そして最終日に、ベスト3のねぶたが陸奥湾の会場運行で回る。最後に花火で祭りが終わる。
We knew most of the parking areas would be filled before the start of the festival so we decided to leave around 5:00pm and headed for the parking garage at Machinaka Onsen. At first, the sign said it was full but as we drove around the block and were a few cars away from the entrance, I asked the attendant if there were still spaces and he said yes! Usually, we would end up parking on the second or third story but we kept going up, up, and up, until we ended up on the roof where there were a few parking spaces left. Still, we felt lucky to be able to park there.
靑森市の中心街の駐車場は全て満車になるのを予想して、私たちが夕方5時に家を出て、目指したのはまちなか温泉のパーキングガレージ。その時間に行っても、サインを見たら満車で書いてあったが、ぐると回って、駐車場の入り口の近くまで来て、僕がアテンダントにまだそこで駐車するのは可能かと聞いたら、はい、と答えた。普段そこに行くと、大体2階が3階で駐車する。今日は上って、上って、上って、結局パーキングスペースあったのは屋上でした!ま、この建物にパーキングできたことだけで幸運に想った。
The festival wouldn't start for another hour and there was one other place we wanted to check out. We walked from Machinaka Onsen to Hirota Shrine. At this shrine, small goldfish Nebuta were hung on the torii (gate). They would also be lit up when it gets dark.
祭りの始まりまで約1時間もあり、私たちが別の目的地のあった。それが廣田神社。まちなか温泉から廣田神社まで歩いて、私たちが見たかったのは廣田神社の鳥居に飾ってある金魚ねぶた。暗くなると、金魚ねぶたのライトアップもある。
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