Here in Japan we are the last ones to be able to watch Hollywood movies, for example, just some days after we started having 300 in Japanese cinemas in the US the DVD version was released. Right now, Ocean’s 13 and Harry Potter are the main movies being promoted here. Last weekend Shibuya was full of Ocean’s 13 ads, there is even more noise than when the last Star Wars movie was released.
“Uchimizu” is a Japanese tradition in which you have to sprinkle water on the floor. The main purpose of this tradition is to refresh the ambient during the hot summer.
How to “uchimizu”. From uchimizu.jp.
My grandmother does exactly the same back in Spain, she usually sprinkles water on the streets around our home. In Spain we also have “Uchimizu” !, the difference is that Japanese made a tradition from it, they named it, and they even have festivals where the main purpose is to throw water around you.
Dannychoo went to one of those Uchimizu festivals、it was a special festival because all the participants had to be wearing meido uniform. Normally, you are supposed to wear more traditional clothing, like “yukata” or “jinbei”, but in Akihabara you can except anything:
Danny keeping the security distance.
More pictures at Dannychoo’s site and a website with the explanation of how you should do “uchimizu”.
Found at pjorge.com.