{"id":3801,"date":"2026-09-19T12:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T12:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/?p=3801"},"modified":"2026-09-19T12:07:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T12:07:23","slug":"august-2026-tanabata-and-awaodori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/2026\/09\/august-2026-tanabata-and-awaodori\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2026 &#8211; Tanabata and Awaodori"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This month I have some photos from two local festivals but only one miscellaneous photo. I blame the heat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u4eca\u6708\u306f\u4e8c\u679a\u306e\u5730\u5143\u306e\u796d\u308a\u306e\u5199\u771f\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\u3067\u3082\u96d1\u591a\u306a\u5199\u771f\u306f\u4e00\u679a\u3067\u3059\u3002\u6691\u3055\u306e\u305b\u3044\u306b\u3057\u3066\u304a\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Asagaya Tanabata<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I had not been back to this nearby festival since before Covid. The papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 suspended from the roof of the shopping arcade did not disappoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u30b3\u30ed\u30ca\u30d1\u30f3\u30c7\u30df\u30c3\u30af\u306e\u524d\u3092\u6700\u5f8c\u306b\u3001\u3053\u306e\u8fd1\u304f\u306e\u796d\u308a\u306b\u306f\u305a\u3063\u3068\u884c\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\u5546\u5e97\u8857\u306e\u30a2\u30fc\u30b1\u30fc\u30c9\u306e\u5929\u4e95\u304b\u3089\u540a\u308a\u4e0b\u3052\u3089\u308c\u305f\u5f35\u308a\u5b50\u98fe\u308a\u306f\u3001\u307e\u3060\u9762\u767d\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-08-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3802\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-08.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/?attachment_id=3802\" class=\"wp-image-3802\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-08-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-08-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-08-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-08-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-08.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-11-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3803\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-11.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/?attachment_id=3803\" class=\"wp-image-3803\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-11-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-11-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-11-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-11-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-11.jpg 1368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" 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http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-16-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-16.jpg 1368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-19.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-19-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3808\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-19.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/?attachment_id=3808\" class=\"wp-image-3808\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-19-683x1024.jpg 683w, 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data-link=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/?attachment_id=3810\" class=\"wp-image-3810\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-31-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-31-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-31-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-31-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-31.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-40.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-40-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3812\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-40.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/?attachment_id=3812\" class=\"wp-image-3812\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-40-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-40-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-40-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-40-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-40.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-42.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-42-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3814\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-42.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/?attachment_id=3814\" class=\"wp-image-3814\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-42-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-42-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-42-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-42-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/tanabata-asagaya-2026-42.jpg 1368w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Koenji Awa Odori<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The end of August was the beginning of a weeks-long downpour that saw train station closures and flooding streets in parts of Japan. I sat in the rain for about 90 minutes of the parade on Saturday but was reticent to take my camera out. Sunday was overcast but dry enough for photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u516b\u6708\u672b\u306f\u3001\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u4e00\u90e8\u5730\u57df\u3067\u306e\u99c5\u9589\u9396\u3084\u6c34\u6d78\u3057\u306e\u9053\u3092\u5f15\u304d\u8d77\u3053\u3057\u305f\u6570\u9031\u9593\u306e\u96e8\u5b63\u306e\u59cb\u307e\u308a\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\u571f\u66dc\u65e5\u306b\u96e8\u306e\u4e2d\u3067\u7d0490\u5206\u9593\u3001\u30d1\u30ec\u30fc\u30c9\u3092\u898b\u308b\u306e\u306b\u5ea7\u3063\u305f\u3051\u308c\u3069\u3001\u30ab\u30e1\u30e9\u3092\u53d6\u308a\u51fa\u3059\u306e\u306f\u305f\u3081\u3089\u308f\u308c\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u65e5\u66dc\u65e5\u306f\u66c7\u3063\u3066\u3044\u305f\u3051\u308c\u3069\u3001\u64ae\u5f71\u306b\u306f\u5341\u5206\u4e7e\u304d\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-028-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3806\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-028.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/?attachment_id=3806\" class=\"wp-image-3806\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-028-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-028-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-028-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-028-768x512.jpg 768w, 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data-id=\"3821\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-264.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/?attachment_id=3821\" class=\"wp-image-3821\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-264-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-264-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-264-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-264-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-264.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-309.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-309-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3822\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-309.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/?attachment_id=3822\" class=\"wp-image-3822\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-309-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-309-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-309-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-309-768x1152.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/koenji-awa-odori-2025-08-30-309.jpg 912w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>Miscellaneous Photo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nakano-broadway-toys-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nakano-broadway-toys-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3804\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nakano-broadway-toys-04.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/?attachment_id=3804\" class=\"wp-image-3804\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nakano-broadway-toys-04.jpg 750w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nakano-broadway-toys-04-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/nakano-broadway-toys-04-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Nakano Broadway Toy<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month I have some photos from two local festivals but only one miscellaneous photo. I blame the heat. \u4eca\u6708\u306f\u4e8c\u679a\u306e\u5730\u5143\u306e\u796d\u308a\u306e\u5199\u771f\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\u3067\u3082\u96d1\u591a\u306a\u5199\u771f\u306f\u4e00\u679a\u3067\u3059\u3002\u6691\u3055\u306e\u305b\u3044\u306b\u3057\u3066\u304a\u304d\u307e\u3059\u3002 Asagaya Tanabata I had not been back to this nearby festival since before Covid. The papier-m\u00e2ch\u00e9 suspended from the roof of the shopping arcade did not disappoint. \u30b3\u30ed\u30ca\u30d1\u30f3\u30c7\u30df\u30c3\u30af\u306e\u524d\u3092\u6700\u5f8c\u306b\u3001\u3053\u306e\u8fd1\u304f\u306e\u796d\u308a\u306b\u306f\u305a\u3063\u3068\u884c\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u305b\u3093\u3067\u3057\u305f\u3002\u5546\u5e97\u8857\u306e\u30a2\u30fc\u30b1\u30fc\u30c9\u306e\u5929\u4e95\u304b\u3089\u540a\u308a\u4e0b\u3052\u3089\u308c\u305f\u5f35\u308a\u5b50\u98fe\u308a\u306f\u3001\u307e\u3060\u9762\u767d\u304b\u3063\u305f\u3067\u3059\u3002 Koenji Awa Odori The end of August&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/2026\/09\/august-2026-tanabata-and-awaodori\/\" class=\"read-more\" title=\"August 2026 &#8211; Tanabata and Awaodori\"><span>Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text sr-only\">August 2026 &#8211; Tanabata and Awaodori<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3823,"href":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3801\/revisions\/3823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bradweier.com\/bradblog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}