Pictures!

I found a ton of pictures on my SD card today. I was surprised that there were so many from last year.

This is a takoyaki stand that was part of a festival last year in my town.

There were also all sorts or other grilled things and things on sticks. I think on the far left of the sticks there's a giant slab of bacon...

This is called castella. Or rather baby castella as it's bite-sized. It was brought to Japan by Portugal merchants in the 16th century. The Japanese love it because it has simple ingredients (sugar, flour, eggs and starch syrup)

This is one of a few kids games at the festival. You get a plate and see how many bouncy balls you can put on it, in one scoop.

Here's another game, the goldfish scoop. You get a paddle made of rice paper and see how many goldfish you can put in the bowl and you can keep scooping until the rice paper melts/rips.

(You can click on the pictures and make them bigger ;) )