Shan-Shan

Monday after work, I took the wan-wan train (don't know why they call the slow train wan-wan in katakana) from Nakayama to Tottori for the Shan-Shan Matsuri (don't know why the festival is called Shan-Shan either). There in front of the Tottori train station, met Amy and Courtney, who were tired from a long weekend and decided to go back to Yonago. An hour later, met Subo, Rachel, Pam, Simona, Manjinder, Dean (either that or Dee, I couldn't hear correctly; but I think his name is listed as Daniel in the directory, the only 1st year in Aoya), and Chyoko, a friend of Yuko's. Together we checked out the festival. As far as I could tell, the only difference between Shan-Shan and other festivals that I've seen was the parade of coordinated umbrella dancing. Here are the pics, with minimal descriptions:




These guys looked cheereful...

and this is why.










I swore I thought she was Lucy Liu.