Comments on: fox wedding…?

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 23:30:11 +0000

I think it wasn’t actually a real wedding, but just a show for the Hanatouro flower and lantern show that was going on at the time.

By: Wedding Ravello

Wedding Ravello — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:36:48 +0000

Interesting, so why was the bride masked?

By: l

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:23:25 +0000

that is a lovelier mask than most!

By: Carlos

Carlos — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 12:12:00 +0000

Hmm, so now I know where the word “rickshaw” originated.
Is the event also where the term “foxy lady” comes from?

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:25:38 +0000

Awww, so it was all just a show for the tourists… not a once-in-a-lifetime supernatural phenomenon, not a blessing from the kami-sama. Now I feel all Disney.

By: Ted T

Ted T — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:21:47 +0000

Holy Cow! I think Miki and I saw the wedding of her twin sister the week before!
Coincidence?

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:28:43 +0000

Found these other photos of the foxy lady on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=fox+bride+hanatouro&m=text
“fox bride of Hanatouro”
She might be just for this Hanatouro event, which is apparently a recent thing (2003) started to sort of fill in the calendar…

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:19:26 +0000

Hmm, interesting… well, Google says that the “joyful and humorous” kitsune no yomeiri dochu parade is held on Setsubun, but Setsubun was about a month earlier, and this event was solemn and mostly silent. Just a slow “klik….klik….” of the what do you call those percussion sticks?
Mari and I were gently pushing each other toward the attendants and whispering, “ask!” but we were both too shy.

By: octavia

octavia — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:06:15 +0000

*sorry, spelled “kitsune” wrong

By: octavia

octavia — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 10:05:07 +0000

Is this kitusne no yomeiri dochu?