SeniorsDay

SUOMEKSI
Once a month in Sobetsu there is a special day for the Retiree's Association, when special activities are planned for them. When the weather is nice, as in August or September the activity for the day can be a kind of Sports Day. Now what is really neat, (in my opinion) is that the pre-schoolers share in the activity making it a sort of intergenerational event. I had wanted just to take some photos, but I was invited by the hosts of the event to participate! We were divided into two groups.
The first activity was to tie national flags on to a rope

before......	.......and there I am tying a flag on,

and the ropes are raised creating a real nice decoration	next we had a bag toss

really tossing them in, and we won!	The next activity was "park golf" related

and then it was the pre-schoolers turn with balloon pop which turned out to be a little more difficult...	as this little girl was afraid of the noise and could not quite sit hard enough to pop the balloon!

and we finished up with a type of "bon" dance	The "bon" dance is a tradition throughout Japan.
next check out the Shrine Festivals