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Ouch! You just reminded me of the time, many years ago, when we went to the huge Tenno-sai in Minami Senju. My wife's friend's father was among the organizers and as a favor, they let me take part in the portable shrine thing - luckily, a side event and a smaller omikoshi, because the real thing is a monster.

In vain, I tried to avoid the torture... To this day, my right shoulder is a couple of centimeters lover than the left one.

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Yeeeeeeeee!!!!! Your Japan souvenir.

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"...they basically swing and hang from the omikoshi poles, drunk and laughing, as you take over everyone’s job." Hahaha.

How come foreigners can attend but you and Toru can't?

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Ah. Wait. Any foreigner can attend the festival. We just weren’t invited to the after parties held for all the “real” residents.

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Ohhh, I see. Oh boy.

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How wonderful. Sorry you couldn’t join the party! Next year…

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Great report! I've still managed to avoid being inveigled into shrine-carrying thus far.

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Haha. Good on ya. You’re missing only a broken shoulder.

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Those wild boar masks must have been excruciating in the heat…

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I thought the same thing. How do they not pass out??!

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BBQ would be a good addition!

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Right?!

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