Hagi Lantern Festival

It sounds exciting. It sounds like a fun night out for all. We were looking forward to seeing the Lantern Festival. Word of advice: If you get the chance to do this, don't. We arrived at seven, just in time to catch the last few minutes of dancing. We then ended up wandering down streets that had bamboo poles with candles in them set in the drains (which are about a foot deep).
I think Dan put it best when he said: "Without the bamboo, this would just be another street." We ended up going back to Dan and Rosies and watching Family Guy. This was an improvement on the the earlier entertainment.
I did learn one thing, though. Apparently it is bad to whistle after dark because it encourages snakes! Considering I've only seen 2 snakes since arriving, and neither of them in Hagi, I have been unable to test this theory.


Carved bamboo with a candle in it - woohoo.