The Journey of my LIFE: Bon-Odori 2009

Bonjour~ I was at Bon-Odori last Saturday. Do you guys know what is Bon-Odori??? Let me explain to you briefly, Bon Odori is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the deceased spirits of one's ancestors. This Buddhist custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors graves, and when the spirits of ancestors are supposed to revisit the household altars. Also called the Feast of Lanterns, it has been celebrated in Japan for more than 500 years and traditionally includes a dance, know as Bon-Odori. For more info - here

Bon-Odori was held at Shah Alam and I drive there all the way there, reached around 7pm and It's freaking hard to get a place to park. I park like 2 km away from the entrance.. argh.. I got tired of walking already before I can even walk around in Bon-Odori...

I went with 4 chicks... Cathy, Sylvia, Joanne aka Susu and Olivia

I see BALLOONS!!! I tell you!! Its no ordinary size balloon, ITS HUGE!! I mean HUGE is HUGEEEE!! XD

I walked around and shop for FOOD!!! There's many stall selling food, from Sushi to Rice Ball, Japanese fried noodles to Udon and from sausages to ice-cream and snack! Okay, I cant list down everything here... teehee~ too many to be listed!

There's even Cream Puff!!! World Famous Cream Puff From JAPAN... I wonder issit true??
Any1 tasted it b4?? Nice ke??

There's around 4-5 mini stall like this selling drinks for the thirsty visitor!
Spot Sylvia and Susu =)

I see Japanese Ice-Cream!!! There's soooo many kind of Ice-Cream
that you don't find it in supermarket and It only cost RM6 for each!

KIMCHI!!!! Yummy Yummy!!! Tuna, Chicken, Beef, Vegetarian, Spicy Chicken?? Which 1 do you want??? RM5 for each please.

Sushi!!! There's more than 1 counter selling sushi of cos, but I found this counter very attractive leh... hehehe.. There's Chuka Iidako!! My FAVOURITE~

Look at their pricing! I know from the looks of It is pricey, but the portion size is big. So It's reasonable. =)

I spotted Sushi King!!! OMG!! They transport their lil' Sushi train belt to Bon-Odori???

Now you got what i mean! HAHAHA!! Another new experience for those people who eat Sushi King like this compare to a fully air-conditioning Sushi King shop

There's more, There's more!!!! Yummy Japanese Snack!!!
It's RM5 per pack! But I didn't buy it. AWWW!!

Ice-cream!!! Strawberry, Chocolate and Green Tea!!!
I found out that they uses this Machine is the same as the 1 that Kindori Ice-cream uses.

Deep fried Mashed Potato. It suppose to be crispy on the outside, but It wasn't as
what I expected. It became soggy... Haihhh~~

TWISTER SAUSAGE!!! Yummy!!! This is special!
The sausage looked like Lollipop! Heeheehee~
I bet it's attract a lot of small girl to buy it BUT IT ATTRACTS ME TOO!

A picture of me looking hungrily wants to eat the sausage
and Sylvia wanna steal it from me!!!
Uh Uh! T.T!! I want Lollipop!!!

Okay Okay, Enough of food already.. Time for something else!
Let's move on!

We sit on the stadium floor and enjoyed our food of cos,
First time sitting down on the floor in a stadium and eat. Won-Der-Ful-nyerr~

Looked at the crowd there!!! Its fun you know!!!
Get to see different kind of families enjoy themselves together-gether

A stage is specially built for this!
So every1 get to see the Dance group dancing up there and drum beating moments.

HU Hu HU! Passionately beating the drum! HAAAAHHH!!!
BOOM BOOM BOOM~
Eh! Not Boom Boom Pow by BEP ah! XD

People all group together and DANCE!!!
Look how happy they are! Oh there's this guy notice I'm taking a picture of him..
EEEE!! Perasan-nyerrr... LolS

Cute Japanese girl in Kimono performing cultural dance eh???
Heeheehee~

More people dancing!!! The first guy he looked familiar to me, That's why I taken a picture
of him while he's dancing. Hmmm.. Cant remember who is he lar... Sorry!

AND WE HIT THE DANCE FLOOR!!!
*dance dance*