The concept is pretty simple: On july 15th, thousands of men dress up in 't-backs', which are basically modern day g-strings, and run around early morning carrying floats on their shoulders from one end of town to the other...now, each district has its own float, and because of the heat, spectators throw water on them while they pass screaming 'oisa, oisa'.
ooooissa! ooooissaaaa!
so the floats are pretty heavy, as you can see, some of them are built almost a year in advance...
they run by you at a pretty fast pace, all this while getting splashed with water from all directions...
shimekomi+kakinawa= this is the loincloath wrapped in a T shape, and the rope used to wrap around the floats timbers...yea, i wasn't playing about that thong thing!
now these are the floats: often you can catch these floating shrines all year round in different parts of the city...
introductions: the 'macau' girls...who came to see a whole bunch of guys in thongs running around, right?
because it was early in the morning, we decided to stay up with some friends all together not to fall back asleep!
this activity ranges from all ages...
...just as long as you wear that thong-tha-thong thong thong!
i have to admit, fukuoka festivals are a lot of fun, and because of this fact, a lot of people show up, almost making it impossible to see what is going on...but it was well worth it and a definite must-see for an early summer visit to fukuoka...
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