Culture through English 2B: Festivals・祭り

Hello!

How are you? Today let's look at festivals (祭り)! Japan is a great country for festivals. Which famous ones have you been to? Are there any famous festivals in your hometown or home area? 

Activity 

Take a look at these pictures. Which parts of festivals do you like the best? Which did you like when you were kids? Talk about these with your classmates!

food stalls

game stalls

shooting stalls

fireworks

dancers

Have fun!  See you next time!

Images: Top - by 克年 三沢 - 2012-05-06_14.34.08, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44586593/Food stalls - Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58149/Game stall - by ajari from Japan - Flickr: Asagaya Tanabata Festival_10, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22872248/Shooting stall - by katorisi - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3178109/Fireworks - "Fireworks" (courtesy of noppasinw)/Dancers - "Sakura Matsuri Japanese Festival DC 2012 (7091131693)" by S Pakhrin from DC, USA - Sakura Matsuri Japanese Festival DC 2012. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sakura_Matsuri_Japanese_Festival_DC_2012_(7091131693).jpg#/
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Fireworks photograph courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net