Where do you think it is?
It is a motorboat race track!
This is just an aside. The races of the four; motorboat, hose, bicycle and motorcycle are only the races that you can legally gamble in Japan.
Konnichiwa, it’s Kohei who would have a bad luck on boat-race gamble and even he has never tried it (^^;; Chikin! Well, there was a Tokoname-ware Festival held at Tokoname boat race track on Aug 20 &21. I visited there to see a teapot artist who I’m asking to make original teapots for our shop. I had a meeting with him and talked about the design for our teapots. After the meeting I enjoyed the festival. There were many craftsmen gathered with their works, and I could see a lot of unique teapots and could actually talk to the artists. Each artist has their own thought on tea brewing and their teapots. I was so excited about it. I also enjoyed festival food and fireworks. My favorite is chocolate coated banana on stick.
I’d like to come back next year again, or maybe to get-rich-quick^^ Jah!
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Kohei, konnichiwa.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic place this must be ! I would "sell my mother" to be there ! (shocking french expression !).
Did you see pieces from Yamada So or Yoshiki Murata ? who are the japanese artists I prefer.
Hi, lionel-san
ReplyDeleteWhat a shocking expression! But I like that ^^
I saw Mr Murata. He was friendly and showed me some of his works. They are nice!
Hello Kohei, Do you know if this year 2014 will be a festival again?
ReplyDeleteI will love to go!
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According to http://www.tokonameyakimatsuri.com/,
DeleteIt is going to be held on Aug.23(Sat) and 24(Sun).
However, they don't have detail information yet.
im in kyoto until november!!! :) arigato
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