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"Shidare-Sakura"(Drooping cherry blossom)

Photograph at: Nagahama City, Shiga Pref., Japan
In the park in front of "Nagahama 'Hiki-Yama' museum".
In nagahama city, "Hiki-yama festival" is held in September. In this festival, the huge pageants called "Hiki-Yama" that are kept by towns in Nagahama city goes around the city, and on the pagents, many children play "Kodomo-Kabuki". It's a very cheerful festival indeed. (see here)