2014年08月31日
Midsummer’s Night Dream
One of the highlights of summer in Takamatsu this year was the Midsummer’s Night Dream Carnival and Waterfront Festival. Held at Takamatsu Port, it was actually part of three digital media art events held concurrently over a 3-week period. These represented a trial run for an even larger festival to be held next year so if you missed it, you can look forward to more fun in 2015!
Highlights included popular interactive displays at etopia in Sunport
and in the Takamatsu Museum of Art,
The main attraction, however, was a dynamic program of holograms projected onto a giant water screen at Takamatsu Port (unfortunately not very compatible with my camera).
On clear nights, this event attracted huge crowds of up to a thousand people. Thanks to the outdoor venue, however, it never felt overcrowded.
The venue provided the added entertainment of sunset over the Seto Inland Sea.
In conjunction with the water screen, which was sponsored by Takamatsu city, the prefecture hosted a portside carnival complete with street performers, dancing, music, and kiosks. I went several times and it was great fun. Different local performers were featured nightly, including a passionate team of flamenco dancers and musicians.
Street buskers included Birdman
and a very entertaining juggler, both from Kanto.
These two transformed into a fire dancing act at night, which was scarily thrilling and quite spectacular in the dark.
They will be back for the Buskers’ Festival in Takamatsu on October 4th, another entertaining annual event with high-caliber free performances. I do recommend having lots of small change on hand, however, as the performers are so good you’ll want to put some money in their hat at the end.
The food provided at the summer event also deserves special mention.
Stalls were run by well-known local entrepreneurs selling delicious fare, including excellent Sanuki noodles, great organic iced coffee made on site, lemon cakes from Teshima island, and specialty beers provided by local Irish pub, The Craic.
I'm looking forward to more next summer!
For more info on Takamatsu:
http://wikitravel.org/en/Takamatsu
http://www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp/english/
http://tia-takamatsu.jp/
http://www.my-kagawa.jp/eg/
Other Takamatsu bloggers:
http://pat.ashita-sanuki.jp/
http://setouchiexplorer.com/
Highlights included popular interactive displays at etopia in Sunport
and in the Takamatsu Museum of Art,
The main attraction, however, was a dynamic program of holograms projected onto a giant water screen at Takamatsu Port (unfortunately not very compatible with my camera).
On clear nights, this event attracted huge crowds of up to a thousand people. Thanks to the outdoor venue, however, it never felt overcrowded.
The venue provided the added entertainment of sunset over the Seto Inland Sea.
In conjunction with the water screen, which was sponsored by Takamatsu city, the prefecture hosted a portside carnival complete with street performers, dancing, music, and kiosks. I went several times and it was great fun. Different local performers were featured nightly, including a passionate team of flamenco dancers and musicians.
Street buskers included Birdman
and a very entertaining juggler, both from Kanto.
These two transformed into a fire dancing act at night, which was scarily thrilling and quite spectacular in the dark.
They will be back for the Buskers’ Festival in Takamatsu on October 4th, another entertaining annual event with high-caliber free performances. I do recommend having lots of small change on hand, however, as the performers are so good you’ll want to put some money in their hat at the end.
The food provided at the summer event also deserves special mention.
Stalls were run by well-known local entrepreneurs selling delicious fare, including excellent Sanuki noodles, great organic iced coffee made on site, lemon cakes from Teshima island, and specialty beers provided by local Irish pub, The Craic.
I'm looking forward to more next summer!
For more info on Takamatsu:
http://wikitravel.org/en/Takamatsu
http://www.city.takamatsu.kagawa.jp/english/
http://tia-takamatsu.jp/
http://www.my-kagawa.jp/eg/
Other Takamatsu bloggers:
http://pat.ashita-sanuki.jp/
http://setouchiexplorer.com/
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Cathy Hirano キャシー ヒラノ
I've lived in Japan since 1978. After graduating from a Japanese university with a BA in cultural anthropology in 1983, I worked as a translator in a Japanese consulting engineering firm in Tokyo for several years. My Japanese husband and I moved to Takamatsu in 1987 to raise our two children in a slower-paced environment away from the big city pressures. We've never regretted it. I work as a freelance translator and interpreter and am involved in a lot of community work, including volunteering for Second Hand, a local NGO that supports educational and vocational training initiatives in Cambodia, and for the Takamatsu International Association. I love living in Takamatsu.
Cathy Hirano キャシー ヒラノ
I've lived in Japan since 1978. After graduating from a Japanese university with a BA in cultural anthropology in 1983, I worked as a translator in a Japanese consulting engineering firm in Tokyo for several years. My Japanese husband and I moved to Takamatsu in 1987 to raise our two children in a slower-paced environment away from the big city pressures. We've never regretted it. I work as a freelance translator and interpreter and am involved in a lot of community work, including volunteering for Second Hand, a local NGO that supports educational and vocational training initiatives in Cambodia, and for the Takamatsu International Association. I love living in Takamatsu.
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