Bon odori dance festival in neighborhood / 近所の盆踊り大会

Our neighborhood committee held their annual bon odori dance festival on 22nd and 23rd Aug.  So exciting!  People in old Tokyo city must have had this bon odori festivals in every corner of their districts in summer.  Men and women, young and old, the dancers were all enjoying themselves very much.  I wish I could wear my first handmade yukata for the festival... 

入船３丁目町内会主催の盆踊り大会が２２日・２３日にあった。昔の江戸の夏はそれぞれの町でこんなふうに詩情あふれる季節だったに違いない。老若男女、みんなよく練習したらしく、とても踊りが上手。踊る方も見る方も心から楽しんでいた。それにしても自作の浴衣を着て行けたら、どんなにうれしかったことだろう…。