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Over the weekend of the first, Michael went surfing in the morning with Tsuruta-san and Kenta-san. Surfing is one of Michael’s new interests which he enjoys and it’s a lot of fun, but exhausting at the same time. At night, Utsunomiya had a big festival (Miya Matsuri). I have yet to find out the true meaning behind the festival. There were lots of groups, communities, etc. that join together and carry small portable shrines. They walked up and down the main street and finished off the night at Futaarayama Shrine. We met up with Kenta-san and Tada-san during the festival and walked around and ate the usual festival foods.
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