お祭り(まつり)

shrine building where votive picture tablets are hanged

votive plaque

target practice corner

Japanese wooden clogs

Kumagaya Fan Festival

fan

doll

candied apricot

haunted house

fried soba

okonomiyaki; pancake with various ingredients

thin okonomiyaki rolled on chopsticks

decoration

lucky bamboo branch

cotton candy

candied apple

choco-banana, banana on stick dipped in chocolate

mask

ramen (Chinese-style noodles)

potato with butter

fried potato;  French fries;  chips

shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup);  snow cone

winter festival

autumn festival;  fall festival

spring festival

paper lantern

folded paper crane

streamer;  pennant

decorative paper ball

long, narrow card on which Japanese poems are written (vertically);  strip of paper

holiday for end of winter

Girls' Festival (March 3rd);  Dolls' Festival;

cherry blossom viewing;  flower viewing

drum

loincloth;  breechcloth;  breechclout;  traditional Japanese male underwear

Japanese socks (with split toe)

Bon Festival;  Lantern Festival

The Star Festival, July 7th

portable shrine

festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle

octopus dumplings

traditional short winter coat

Japanese muffin containing bean jam, served hot

crepe;  pancake

fried (e.g. potatoes, chicken)

light cotton kimono worn in the summer or used as a bathrobe

cart (esp. a food cart);  stall;  stand;

fireworks

parade

Bon Festival dance;  Lantern Festival dance

summer festival

festival;  feast