While we were walking in Maruyama park to see the Hanatouro evening lantern and flower displays, this masked bride (?) glided by, wheeled along slowly in a rikisha by a crew of attendants. People turned and stared at the procession, aiming cameras and cellphones. A trail of onlookers formed behind the fox woman, and they all passed down the street and into the night.
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Is this kitusne no yomeiri dochu?
*sorry, spelled “kitsune” wrong
Hmm, interesting… well, Google says that the “joyful and humorous” kitsune no yomeiri dochu parade is held on Setsubun, but Setsubun was about a month earlier, and this event was solemn and mostly silent. Just a slow “klik….klik….” of the what do you call those percussion sticks?
Mari and I were gently pushing each other toward the attendants and whispering, “ask!” but we were both too shy.
Found these other photos of the foxy lady on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=fox+bride+hanatouro&m=text
“fox bride of Hanatouro”
She might be just for this Hanatouro event, which is apparently a recent thing (2003) started to sort of fill in the calendar…
Holy Cow! I think Miki and I saw the wedding of her twin sister the week before!
Coincidence?
Awww, so it was all just a show for the tourists… not a once-in-a-lifetime supernatural phenomenon, not a blessing from the kami-sama. Now I feel all Disney.
Hmm, so now I know where the word “rickshaw” originated.
Is the event also where the term “foxy lady” comes from?
that is a lovelier mask than most!
Interesting, so why was the bride masked?
I think it wasn’t actually a real wedding, but just a show for the Hanatouro flower and lantern show that was going on at the time.