This year's summer festival in Higashimatsuyama

First and foremost, apologies about the quality of the photo. I didn't realize there was such a shine on the photo, because even when I check my photos after taking them, I can't see them because of the glare of the summer sun! At this time of year I'm practically taking photos blind when using my smart phone. I point and hope for the best! 

I've noticed these days that a lot of cities and towns are really slow to put their event information up online. I don't know if it is on purpose. But when I see a poster for an event I tend to take a photo of it, because chances are the information is not online yet. As you can hopefully see in the photo, the Higashimatsuyama summer festival is on Saturday July 26th and Sunday July 27th 2025. 

There are festivals in every town and city in Japan in the summer. Some are really small though. And if you haven't been in Japan long its hard to know which are small and which are big. This one, in Higashimatsuyama, is one of the big ones. It is a traditional summer festival with portable shrines and festival floats. They also have dozens of festival food stalls, called yatai in Japanese.