西有田町 50th Year Anniversary Celebration

Fifty years ago, the two villages of 曲川 and 大山 joined together to form the town of 西有田.

So, this weekend our town celebrated in full style.

SmugMug Gallery

Just in time too because our spanking new town center was just completed a few months ago.

Some highlights of the festival included somen-nagashi (catching somen from the flowing waters), mochi-nage (mochi pounding where the mochi is thrown into the air), and taiko (traditional Japanese percussion drumming).

Sadly enough, by March 2006, 西有田町 will cease to exist because the towns of 西有田 and 有田 will join together to form 有田町.

Well, for fifty years our town ran strong.

おつかれさまです!