Earlier this month, one of my smaller areas in town had their shrine festival. One of the teachers invited me to come and it was a lot of fun.
9月に神社祭へ行った。E先生は誘って、楽しかった。
The first night we just had a barbecue and hung out.
最初の夕方に焼肉した。
The second day, I went out in the afternoon after my classes had finished.
2日目に昼から。でも、私は授業が終わったら、行った。
I missed something in the early afternoon, but I arrived in time for floor curling. When I arrived, one of my students was telling me that his team was going to win . . .
着いた時に皆はフロアカーリングをしていた。生徒は「私のチームはぜひ勝つ」と言ったけど、
. . . I ended up on his team and we were either last or second to last.
私はその生徒のチームにいた。私たちは6番目か5番目にいた。
These three were the judges.
この3人は審判した。
After the afternoon of sports – floor curling and mini volleyball, there was a party in the community center.
スーポツの後にパティがあった。
I ended up sitting between one of my students’ very sleepy younger sisters and an empty chair. I was thankful when one of the super friendly moms came over and started talking to me.
生徒のとても眠い妹と空椅子の間に座ることになった。優しいお母さんは来て話したことうれしかった。
My kids played taiko. They are so good at it!
生徒はたいこした。とても上手だった！
They carried around the mikoshi (festival float). It was vegetables, quite fitting for this farm community.
みこしがあった。野菜のいいね！
After that, it was time for karaoke. E-sensei had a song and dance for us.
カラオケがあった。E先生は歌って踊った。
Lots of other people sang.
たくさん人は歌った。
This person sang a song that lots of people knew the dance to.
この人はたくさん人が踊る歌が歌った。
And of course, we played bingo. Paper products are Japan’s favorite bingo prize. Look at all that toilet paper.
もちろん、ビンゴした。紙製品は日本の大好きな賞だね。
It was a fun festival.
祭りが楽しかった。
