Aoba Matsuri continued

 I went to lunch with the teacher and other students in my art class and then some of us students went to an art exhibit in Mediatek, a large public building that houses art galleries, a library, rental space and other stuff. The exhibit was reasonably good but, when we came down the elevator, the first thing I saw on the first floor was these two women.

 They were part of a festival dance group that was performing in the large open space.

 Fans are a frequent part of festival dancing.

 There were a lot of individual performances inter-spaced with larger group dances.

The music that goes with a festival, a matsuri, features drums and flutes and has a very energetic, driving rhythm, the kind that makes you move whether you want to or not.