Street fair

Summer is the time for festivals in Tokyo. Here is a bit from a tiny street fair in Kichijoji.
You can see the paper lanterns and crowds of people. Although a small area, it was quite packed. There are booths for toys, shooting games, balloon games, and lots of food.










Although we didn't get to try any (the cooks weren't so good), here's a shot of some guys cooking takoyaki. It's a fried ball of dough with an octopus tentacle in the middle. I believe they're a speciality of Osaka, but they're all over the place in Tokyo. I've been wanting to try them for a while.











Here's Madoka taking a go at a balloon game. You get a paper string with a metal hook at the end. The balloons in the pool have a rubber band attatched with a loop on the end. The trick is to hook the rubber band with your hook while keeping the paper string dry. The balloons you're trying to pick up have a bit of water in them which makes them impossible to pick up if your string is wet.







Here you can see a vendor selling children's masks. I would have gotten one for myself, but they were a bit too small.