日曜日, 7月 06, 2008

July already and our annual Tanabata Festival was held today.
This year we had a treasure hunt with a set of five stars hidden around Tatsumi no machi. Each star held a password and a clue to the location of the next star. It was amusing to watch our guests as green dots on the minimap, moving around the locations searching for the stars.
Our winner this year, having collected all the passwords and arriving back at the shinden first, was Masami!! Well done! The last clue was especially difficult.
We also had a series of agility tests ~ the Tatsumi no machi mini olympics. Great fun was had by all as they tried to cross the stepping stones without falling into the water, jump over the log swing and then balance for 5 seconds on top of the little hill in the middle of the lake! Our winner was a surprised Chas ~ who will have to defend his title at the next event lol.
No event would be complete without a closing dance, and this event was no exception. Everyone joined in, sharing dance effects around which competed with the sparkles from the fireworks in the night sky. Everyone returned home happy. We certainly did. A big thank you to everyone who attended and made it such a wonderful experience.
Some souvenir pics below.

Putting the final touches to the decorations

Some fukinagashi

Guess who?

Well that's all for now.
Till the next time...