Drum and Drummer, Kagurazaka Awa Odori

  

Awa Odori, Kagurazaka

  

Kagurazaka Awa Odori

  

Boy, Kagurazaka Awa Odori

  

Dance, Kagurazaka Awa Odori

  

Dancing Man, Awa Odori, Kagurazaka

  

Dancer, Kagurazaka Awa Odori

Awa Odori is held during the time of Obon, when Japanese honor the souls of their ancestors. Night streets lined with lanterns are brought to life by an exuberant parade of music, dance, and incantatory singing.   

Waiting for a Taxi

  

Sumo san, Tokyo

Squeezing into a taxi outside Tokyo Station on a sweltering July afternoon.
In conversation someone Westerners would call a "sumo wrestler" (which actually sounds redundant... like a "boxing fighter") is typically referred to using the honorific "san".