This one may be a bit "messier" than the other ones, I neer redid it and edited it like I did the others. None-the-less, I hope that it turned out well!!

1. Japanese Holidays! Happy Golden Week!

7. They are often strung up like this.

10. A Golden-Week temple.

11. Stalls selling food in Hakone (Kanagawa Perfecture, Japan)

12. Examples of Festivals in Anime Many schools have mini-festivals, for a number of reasons. Some of the Anime they are in are: - Azumanga Daioh - Genshiken - School Rumble - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Myself; Yourself : A festival goes on in episode 5 (see picture). Like in the other animes listed, you see people wearing a lot of kimonos, eating snacks, and playing games. Bleach : although we never actually see the festival, one is going on. This is only in the manga. It’s during the summer time, and has food and fireworks. Naruto : while Naruto stays with Jiraiya to train, they visit a festival. This is a great example of food and games at festivals.

13. A festival in the anime “Myself; Yourself”. Note the covered stalls (similar to the ones in the last picture)

14. People wear traditional Japanese-wear to festivals, at least in anime. The girl to the below-right is wearing a yukata (Japanese summer wear).

15. Here are more examples of festival clothing and foods. Like the girl in the slide before this, Ichigo’s sisters (above, right) are wearing Yukata’s. The girl on the right is holding a chocolate covered banana. Ichigo’s dad (above, left) is holding a grilled squid (see Naruto slide), and has a fan ticked into his belt. On his head is a mask, which Naruto also buys in the episode in the slide below.

16. Takoyaki is a type of dumpling containing octopus. Other foods Naruto mentions in this scene are a potato with butter, chocolate-coated bananas (what Yuzu is holding in the last picture), apricot candy, Okonomiyaki (“meat or seafood in a vegetable pancake”), and yakisoba (literally “fried noodles”, often sold at festivals in Japan).

17. Apparently, grilled squids are also popular. Ichigo’s father, Isshin, can be seen holding one in slide 16. Be prepared for lots of food at a festival! (To the left: grilled squid (read the sub).

18. The End~! Thank you for watching, and feel free to give me suggestions for upcoming slideshows! And if you feel you missed anything in this slideshow, or wanted to review something, you can re-watch the slideshow at the Anime Club’s website, www.animewriter7.wordpress.com . It’s perfectly fine to download! Next Week’s Slideshow Theme: Food!

19. Credits Biggest Thanks: http://www. culturalsavvy .com/ goldenweek . htm (this was the website that I actually copied the information from, because it was becoming to difficult to find information otherwise) http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/childr2.jpg http://www.waidev2.com/php/IMAGES/HC_ThisDayInHistory/124---Image_large.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takoyaki http://www.inaruto.net/bleach/bleach-chapter-68/2/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakisoba http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukata http://www.japanlinked.com/about_japan/images/goldenweektemple.jpg

20. Credits Continued http://www.japanlinked.com/about_japan/images/coyfestival1.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrTuvB5uZio&eurl= http://im.rediff.com/news/2005/feb/08nlook.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/HakoneFestival0028.jpg http://www.veoh.com/videos/v2650362nGn5wHKw http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/japan/jp01_07a.jpg http:// theanimeblog .com/2008/05/02/ japanese -holidays-shine-during-golden-week-which-would-you-celebrate/ http://www.inaruto.net/, (this was for the list of holidays at the beginning of the slideshow)http://mboogiedown-japan.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html

21. ‘ Lil- Shiro Productions May 8, 2008 Anime club of 2007-08 Visit: www.animewriter7.wordpress.com !!!