These are the pictures of a lion dance perfromance which was held at two places in Yatsusiro City this month. The lion dance is a ritual which is performed to bring good luck and drive away bad spirits. On our local festival day, this couple of dancers dressed as a lion head the festival procession which consists of decorated horses, kasaboko floats, a kida or a paier-mache imaginary turtle-snake, and so on. I photographed these pictures at Asai Shinto Shrine and Shohin-ken Teahouse on November 15.
I am very sorry, but this is the last posting for my blog. I have decided to quit from the Bloggers just because I have been busy with my sick old mother and also finding it hard to make the time for the Bloggers...and losing interest in the posting each day. I greatly appreciate Carolyn who proofread my daily post for long. I also appreciate my followers who encouraged me to keep posting my poor blogs.
Jerry and I are so sorry to see you go. You had a lot of people visiting your blog as the "real time view" shows. I hope you continue to carry your camera with you wherever you are out and about in the beautiful Japanese countryside!
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