On August 7, my fiancee and I went to the Warabi Matsuri in Warabi, Saitama with her sister. Last year’s festival was pretty good, and I was looking forward to eating lots of festival food this year. Unfortunately, we only had an hour until the end of the festival, and there was a pretty bad storm with spectacular lightning. The rain forced us to head for cover while we tried to eat. I had hoped to get pictures of the food stalls where I bought food, but thanks to the rain, I kept my camera safe. However, I did get two photos! What did I eat, you ask? I had barbecued corn on the cob, jagabataa (potatoes and butter), yakisoba, karubi steak (beef rib meat) on a stick, and some flat gyoza-like food. My favourite festival food is the potatoes.
Warabi has a large foreign population, and it’s one of the smallest and most densely populated cities in Japan. There are plenty of Turkish people there, and at the festival, they sold kebab sandwiches. Why did we go to Warabi for the festival? It’s my fiancee’s hometown. Enjoy the two pictures.
Warabi Matsuri is very colourful. Unfortunately, the skies were stormy.
Enjoy the colours. The focus wasn't very good, thanks to darkness and rain.
I live fairy close to Warabi but I’ve never actually been there. I’m intrigued now, and might have to stop by.
It’s a very easy city to walk. Only 5.1 square km. I haven’t actually looked around it myself, only been to the future in-laws’ house and around the station area.
It is so freakin cloudy and humid this Summer. Maybe the worst overall since I came to Japan.
It has been a strange summer. But now it’s incredibly clear, hot and humid.
pretty colourful affair.
Japanese festivals usually are
Fluorescent colours!
Nice work getting all the food in in an hour. I like the potatoes too…. actually i want one now.
I actually took home the yakisoba. I couldn’t eat it all at the festival.