两个来自新加坡的假日本人！我们穿的是日本人夏天穿的浴服。穿起来感觉还不错，就是走路好像geisha一样，不能迈开大步。这是我第一次穿传统服饰在大街走来走去，感觉是有点别扭。不过日本人就司空见惯，根本理都不理我们。我就跟Ian说，多数新加坡华人在传统节日根本就没有穿任何传统服饰（不会像马来人，印度人一样），因此文化认同，体验和传承没有日本人这么深。这也是为什么华人传统节日，很多人都没有什么感觉。这是非常遗憾的。
穿上浴服的日本辣妹比比皆是，婀娜多姿，成为现场的漂亮风景
Left to right: Tomoko from Taiwan, Uncle Ian from Sg, Sung from Tw, Hong Zhe and Hong Tai from Sg
三个爱玩的假日本人
庆祝结束后，大家蜂拥进表演现场一起跳舞！热闹非常！
穿上浴服的日本妹妹蹲在地上打电话也可爱。。。imagine our ah lian do the same thing? phui!
大学宿舍的一个和式房间。留学生时常在这里举行party!
party
party
泰国留学生。好笑的是，我们两个人沟通是用日文。他的日文比我好几万倍！
最左边的帅哥是一个来自本岛的日本人。你绝对猜不出来他的大学专业研究。他是研究苦瓜种植的！
基地内打保龄球！因为台湾人的身份特殊，我搞了半天才能把他们弄进一个基地。
装可爱的我！和留学生兜风时候所照的。
左边那个“虎视眈眈”的大叔不是留学生。不要误会哟！哈哈！
you have to go down this steep slope to reach the spring
source of the spring water
Randall, Ian and Yuko
beauty and the beasts
Whacky trio! In case you people wonder, Randall is the new US editor in my unit. And dun "pray pray" with him ah, he is fluent in Chinese and Japanese. When I speak to him in Chinese, I never bother to slow down. So be awed by this "lao wai"!! And he is really fun to talk to!
Well, in Japan, I finally appreciate the fun part. There is a whole cultural background about summer celebration in Japan. People essentially just let themselves loose. You can just act plain silly, wear nice nice yukata or just dive into sea for fun ... basically you have the licence to enjoy yourselves thoroughly. What is more fun is almost every small "machi/cho" (like our jurong or clementi GRC) celebrate natsu matsuri!! So the whole island is like pleasure island! If you miss this matsuri here, you can go to the next area next week. They really have fun seriously!
Can you imagine Jurong having their own matsuri and Bedok also has their own celebrations? really hard to imagine ... sounds "siao" (crazy) to me.
We always boast sg is the bridge between East and West. Sg is so modern, better than XXX country. But I think our Chinese celebrations (like CNY, Mid-autum etc) lack of something ... it is always too commercial, no characteristic, no flavor, too touristy to earn tourists' money. Although we Chinese have our traditional wear, but we really really seldom/ never wear them. Maybe I am biased, I dun feel that connected to the Chinese festivals in Singapore...
In Okinawa, the matsuri is simple and nice!
BBQ summer buffet in Naha hotel
Japanese ladies really look fantastic in yukata! I feel honored to know them!
1st time I actually operate the beer handle!
Inside a friend's pub. Nice! Can sing Chinese songs inside, haha
好幸福哟！when is my turn?
黑人也穿浴衣！有趣！不过，无意中拍到他的女友吃相不佳的镜头，呵呵
最佳情侣装！
鬼呀！
mum wearing nice yukata. kodomo also kawaii!
more yukata!!
