WHEN GHOSTS COME OUT TO PLAY : THE LOCAL JAPANESE BON-ODORI FESTIVAL WITH MY NEIGHBOURHOOD AND FRIENDS
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The Black Narcissus · perfume obsession and the scented skin
Love your beautiful photographs!
Thanks. D snapped most of them – I love this time of year.
Thank you for sharing these interesting and lovely photos!
I thought it might be a nice contrast with the bitter urban vitriol of the previous post!
As close as I’m going to get to being there. Wish I had been! Just lovely in every way.
Thanks Robin: although I am a bit blase about it all compared to when I first came here and found it all profoundly exotic, it is still a really warm and happy occasion ( even if it is all about the spirits of the dead).