Mountain Day and Yosakoi

It was my last day in Morisa before the summer holidays.

Today, August 11th, is Mountain Day.
This national holiday was established in 2014 and came into effect this year (2016). (The timing didn't work out so Morisa will only celebrate it next year...)

For now, I just feel like I have more holidays now, so I'm going to do a little research on Mountain Day.
・Some prefectures have established their own Mountain Day ordinances for some time now. ・"八" (eight) -> "8" is used because it looks like a mountain, and "11" is used because of the image of rows of trees. 8/11 "Mountain Day" has a similar meaning. ・Incidentally, Kochi also has a Mountain Day, and 11/11 is "Kochi Mountain Day".
・Following the establishment of "Mountain Day," the Meiji period designated the same day as " Kinoko no Yama Day ."
And more...
(Reference site → Wikipedia " Mountain Day ")

I was surprised to find out that November 11th, Pocky Day, was Mountain Day...that day, all I could think about was eating Pocky (lol)
And "Kinoko no Yama Day" is interesting. I heard there's some kind of event happening in Tokyo today...
But I wonder if there is a "Takenoko no Sato Day". I'm definitely a bamboo shoot fan!

Kochi Prefecture has the highest forest coverage in Japan at 84%.
I think it's probably most closely related to Mountain Day, but in fact, another festival has been in full swing in the center of Kochi since the day before yesterday.
The Yosakoi Festival is an annual event for the people of Kochi Prefecture.
Kochi will be in a frenzy over four days, with a pre-festival on August 9th, the main festival on the 10th and 11th, and a post-festival on the 12th.
(By the way, I have never danced... that I can remember.)

Morisa is located away from the city center, so I don't know what it's like there, but I decided to stop by the city center on the 9th and 10th and on my way home.
On the eve of the festival, the main focus is the fireworks display, so there are only a few people passing by, but yesterday was the first day, so there were lots of local carriages and dancers walking around (although I couldn't actually see them dancing...), and you could hear music, and it was a very exciting atmosphere.
Due to traffic restrictions, we were not able to move forward, but we managed to enjoy the atmosphere a little. We just passed by (lol).

Today is the second day, everyone, don't forget to take precautions against the heat and have fun!

In Kochi, Mountain Day was on August 11th, the Yosakoi Festival.