At Shishihama Harbor...

First off, I was able to get a good picture of the children's boat-mikoshi!

Can you guess what they did next..?  What was that?  Did you say... Dancing??  Oh, you bet!  (:  Sorry, though, I didn't end up taking any pictures this time... ):  But they played the same three songs, and the women and young girls got in their big circle and started dancing again. (:  This time, though, some of the young men joined in on the last dance.. it was funny!

Gee, This is just too much fun! Didn't this matsuri ever end??

Well, like all good things... of course it did.  But not until we carried the mikoshi ONE last time!

Above are the young men carrying their mikoshi.  During one break, they were trying to speak to me in English/Japanese-it's always kinda fun to try to have a conversation with some random people. (: And to the right you can see the men (and little boys!) pulling the large mikoshi back into 'town'. (:

So when we finally got back to our 'starting point' from that morning, each group put their mikoshi down and did a final little 'cheer'--on the left, the young men are, well, kinda tossing their mikoshi up and down as they chant, "washoi!" Below, the ladies gathered around their mikoshi and cheered and clapped all together. (:

Well, that was about it!  It was quite a morning!  After the morning 'parade' had ended, I joined Yasuo and Tomiyo at their 'tent' and had some lunch.  Though... I was starting to feel a little sick... ):  But Tomiyo was so kind and let me rest a little in her home before taking me home... ):  I felt to bad!  But she and Yasuo were wonderful hosts to me!  So, here are a couple shots of (below left) me and Yasuo and (below right) me and Tomiyo!  Thank you, Shishihama!  I had a lot of fun!