Gunma: Ikaho

This weekend was the Ikaho Matsuri!!! Ikaho Matsuri is one of the last "summer" matsuri held in Gunma. It is three days long (Thursday through Saturday) with most of the kids and adults participating in carrying omikoshi (floats) up the town's ishi-dan (stone stairs) from the bottom all the way up to the top (300 some odd steps in total) ending at the Ikaho Shrine.










All my students went through the rain to carry up their omikoshi (floats) up the ishidan to the temple at the top.

It was craaazy!!!!