Last Monday and Tuesday a block of Chuo-dori street was decorated with various flower petals, wood chips, and white and black stones. I went on Tuesday with my mother and, it being a holiday, the place was jam packed with sightseers. This is the second year Nagano has held what they’ve called Infiorata. In order to keep all the petals in place, a team of workers wandered throughout the design spraying what I hope was just water. And a few of them had giant tongs to return to their proper place those petals that were blown in the wind.
Month: May 2003
Grumpy Goes To A Wedding
As part of the Go-kai-chyou ceremony here in Nagano, there are flowers everywhere along Chuo-dori, the main street that leads to Zenkoji Temple. A handful of the arrangements include little miniature scenes of everyday life, like a wedding party made up of the seven dwarfs. Who knew Grumpy was such a ham?