Aki Matsuri- A Japanese-style Autumn Festival 2004
On Sunday, September 26, the 11th Aki Matsuri- A Japanese-style Autumn Festival was presented by the Japan Commerce Association of Washington and the Japan-America Society with support from the Embassy of Japan. At Bohrer Park, the Japanese community in DC area celebrated the coming of autumn with various kinds of Japanese food, traditional games and exciting entertainments.
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With a Mt. Fuji fan, a fashionable girl gave a pose among boys in black.
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A cute baby with his mother enjoyed great performances on the stage.
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A boy was struggling to scoop a goldfish together with the arms of his father. Kingyo Sukui, 'scooping the goldfish' out of the water and has been a traditional childhood game in Japan since the 17th century. Although it was originally played with nets, these have been replaced with paper scoops, which, when wet, makes it all the more challenging!
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Pretty sisters in cute kimonos enjoyed Kingyo Sukui. *
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A lady standing at a huge line for food gave a moment to smile at the camera.
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"Here you go." A mother was handing Wata-ame (cotton candy) to her daughter.
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A pretty girl had a bite of her pink Wata-ame.
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A daughter and a mother in nice kimonos gave a pose to the camera together.
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"Peace!" A little boy gave a pose with his favorite cartoon mask.
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"Raffle time!!" with Ms. Makiko Nakayama, Redskins Cheerleader. Win fantastic Prizes, including Round-trip Air Tickets to Japan!
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People got excited to win great prizes, such as DVD-players, Digital Camera, Hotel Gift Certificates, etc.
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Ms. Nakayama visited the Akimatsuri to help the raffle game. She is known as "Maki", a Cheerleader of Washington Redskins. *
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Maki is from Chiba-ken, Japan. She danced three years of ballet and jazz, cheerleading four years for her university squad, three years for an American football team in Japan. Check her out at Redskins website, www.redskins.com.
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"Thank you all! You guys did great job!" Last shot of valunteers at Akimatsuri 2004.
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