ねぶた２０１１＠DTLA

ねぶた２０１１:

プォトばい石岡さち

I know this event was shot like back in August but I had to post pics anyway, sorry for the crazy lag...I'm getting back into the blogging groove so bare with me

So for the past 3 years I've been part of Koyamasan's Bisha group for the Nissei Week parade in DTLA. We carry this heavy shrine called mikoshi on our shoulders, yell at the top of our lungs the whole way, and we bounce the shrine at the same time while trying not to run over each other in our formation

It feels like slave labor, real talk.

This year I didn't get to carry the mikoshi...ah darn...but I barely took any pics either. I was a dog sitter this year walking next to mikoshi and letting Sachi do all the picture taking for me.

Hats off to you missy, you had some pretty good shots. It seems that every year the Bisha-group manages a way to sneak alky onto the public streets of LA. This year was no exception. But compared to my first time carrying the mikoshi a few tears ago, I was sober as a kite...the only time I didn't have any work to do//

Also Pekochan's first time to go to nebuta. Thanks to Okaasan and Obaachan, Peko was looking fly in his summer happi

Ah, this spot sure brings back memories....right off of Central and 2nd right next to the Honda Plaza, that's where we pop them bottles and get the ready for the painful shoulder killing routine around the whole block

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a one a two a three a four...make sure you're feelin' that burn in your shoulders!





The human version of Peko

Douglas from Hoobastank was there with his fam...him and the other local kids fancied Peko very much...Sachi was stoked on meeting him ...we got some decent photos of him for her brother in Japan, but the most potential candidate for best shot of him was ruined thanks to the creepy otaku-looking kid behind Douglas...

One of my favorite shots from the set, I love the sense of a radial movement in this shot

Daikokuya is one of our, and the probably the oldest, sister store. Ask anyone from LA which is the best spot in LA, they'll say Daikokuya....but I still say Shinsengumi in Rosemead and surprisingly the ramen at Shino's in Corona is pretty darn good.

Koyama proceeding to enter an LA Riot ...or what seems to be looking like

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