This year the festival was on the first weekend of October and we headed to Takko Town with some friends to partake in some great food and fun! The set up is great, you roll in with your ticket and exchange it for boxes of sliced beef, garlic and veggies...then buy a couple more trays of beef...and head out to the grills. They toss a big lump of fat on a hot grill for you and everyone just dumps their trays of food, grabs some chopsticks and starts cookin'!
We got lucky and were able to catch a prime spot - a grill right next to the entertainment! We laid out a mat and brought out some chairs to make a day of it. We had a great time eating and hanging out with friends.
The local garlic queen and the garlic queen from their sister city of Gilroy, CA were also there. Katie had a great time dancing with them both! There were traditional Japanese dances, a line dancing team from Misawa, children's carnival rides and even a "Garlic Santa?" Well, I'm not sure exactly what he was, but it was an interesting costume!
We had a really great time and were sad to think that this may be our last Beef and Garlic Festival. Below are videos of a traditional dance...and a not-so-traditional dance. Enjoy!
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You're from Burkburnett Texas?! No way! So random! Sheppard was good to us when we were there. Anyways, I was trying to get that video of clara and katie dancing off facebook, but I can't find it. I'm retarded at facebook : )
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