two years ago brock & i had the good fortune to stumble upon the japanese festival at the missouri botanical gardens in st. louis. we were on a labor day weekend get-away for our 20th anniversary. we felt that it would be a wonderful experience for our japanese children, who are being rasied away from japan, and for our caucasian children who were raised in japan, almost as japanese. so last year we took the four kids that were at home to the festival, and it is now a family favorite, that we look forward to all year.
unagi (eel) sushi and yaki soba
little one was chosen to assist in a show. he turned a origami frog into a plastic frog. this show was adorable.
water balloon yo-yo and ramiune soda - a must for any japanese festival.
face painting - "shinkansen" (bullet train) and "mia" (beautiful asia)
little man volunteered to go on stage at the sumo exhibition, and was chosen from a huge group of kids. what he didn't know was that he would be wrestling a real osumosan. he admitted later to being terrified, but he didn't show it. this was a highlight that we'll always treasure.
he did push the sumo wretler out of the ring at the end, with lots of cooperation from mr. sumo.
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