Middle school boys in foxface and golden skirt-pants carrying gigantic fox heads through the streets of Tokyo? Can you think of a better way to ring in the new year?
Every December 31st at midnight, the good citizens of Oji gather at the local inari shrine to show the furry-tailed messengers of the gods a good time. Like all Shinto festivals, this one features copious amounts of sake (in this case, they’re ladling out the hot, sweet, so-unfiltered-you-nearly-have-to-chew-it brew called amazake), flutes & drums, and people dressed in period costume and sneakers. But that’s just for starters!
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I love fox masks! the fox make up is really cute too! I’ll try it for a halloween ^^
That is actually a great idea! Since we won’t be going to any of the same parties, maybe nobody will guess I’m copying you! ^^;;
haha!! let’s do that and you send me a photo, I’ll do the same. It won’t match the lovely bat shaped glasses that I bought in Tokyo though …. I left Japan on the 31st this year and arrived in Paris too tired to do anything so I missed halloween snif!!!
Love this!