Kasi Jones

Is this amazing street festival  that Katie and I went to last night. And is another example of how alive and vibrant this city is.  There seems to be something amazing happening around every corner. I’m not sure what the point of the festival is, and I’m going to be honest,  it doesn’t really matter to me,  I’m pretty sure its nothing historical, it seems to be just a big summer celebration, with tons of local delicacies and international foods. Vendors of all things…Just lovely!

My favorite part (besides the food of course) is the clothing, so many women were in their traditional summer Yutakas, which I have been calling kimono’s which is WRONG, as I have been informed on several occasions lol.

There were amazing street performances, traditional Japanese Drums, Dancing girls wearing nothing but feathers and pasties!!! It was stimulation overload and I loved every second of it.

I ate some amazing Yakitori, and also tried a traditional Japanese dish, Okonomiyaki, which is basically a pancake with a potatoey egg base, covered in shredded cabbage, and then some type of protien, every stand made it differently, mine had a huge piece of bacon, and squid(which is quickly becoming my favorite seafood) then its covered in this sauce (kind of a less sweet teriyaki sauce),( there was a hint of ginger too) and all grilled together, then covered in this mayoey stuff, and then eaten by me in about 30 seconds because it was so good!

Its going on all weekend, so if you happen to be in Tokyo, Don’t miss it! If not, live vicariously lol…Trust me, I’ll eat enough for all of us.

http://www.timeout.jp/tokyo/aroundtown/article/maximum-matsuri