Tanabata Festival Continued

 People crowded around a food shop, although most of them were like me, just trying to get passed.

 A display of little name plates. I could not figure out why they were so expensive, probably had to do with the materials.

 A yakitori shop. Yakitori is little bite-sized pieces of chicken that are dipped in a soy sauce based sauce and grilled over a charcoal fire. Delicious!

 A knife shop. I was surprised to see a knife shop among the tents, but they seemed to be of a very high quality.

 Kids' games. This shows one of the favorite shops for kids at this type of festival. The nearest plastic container is full of water and goldfish. The player pays to get a thing that looks like a large, but flat, spoon. However, the circular part is covered with paper. The game is to scoop up fish without breaking the paper. Any fish that you get, you keep. Usually there are many kids walking around with plastic bags containing two or three goldfish.

This was about the only space that was not full of people.