祭りの音・風景
多摩川浅間神社
梅雨入りをした7日から本日9日（日）まで近所の神社でお祭りがあった。
太鼓や笛のお囃子の音、夜になるとぽっとともる神社から街中のぼんぼり、神輿を担ぐ人たちの声と笛、神社前の道と普段は銀行などのある商店街に並んだ屋台や子供たち用のおもちゃ屋さん、はっぴと鉢巻姿の男女、浴衣に羽織を着てカンカン帽をかぶった長老風のお年寄りたち。
どこに行ってもこの音と風景を見る度、やはり私は日本人なのだ！と実感する。だってわくわくする。お囃子の音でうきうきする。はっぴを着ている特に男性を見ると、やはり日本人男性は洋服ではなくはっぴや着物姿が断然似合うと確信する。わざわざ人がたかっているところに入っていく、普段は避けているのに。
梅雨入りの週末、そんな神社のお祭りをいろいろなところで楽しんだ。
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Shrine's Festival in the Weekend
The Sengen-Jinja near by my place held a matsuri, Japanese festival over this weekend. They celebrated something...actually I didn't know exactly what was celebrated but it seemed to hold this time so importantly.
I watched red and yellow lanterns along the streets from the station and the shrine to near my place for this week. Especially they were exciting at night because of that color in the dark. Yesterday and today, I heard the Japanese small drums and Japanese flute during the day time. Old men and girls played the instruments separately, which made me excited. Men and small number of women carried a float down the street with rhythmical and strong voices which is like music. There were some shops of foods and games for kids near the shrine and shop streets.
Every time I watch the Japanese festival and hear the sounds I really feel that I am absolutely a Japanese. These scenes boost my feeling and sometime feel like crying because I am happy in the scene.
I enjoyed such feeling in this weekend.
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