During the summer, my roommate invited me to go to a festival located in Harajuku. Since I was meeting her there, I got slightly lost and went to the wrong part of the festival. The festival that I first went to looked more like a advertisement gathering for musicians. There were pictures of Japanese pop artists everywhere and booths where tickets for their concerts were being sold. It was odd that there were also suspicious looking men standing around approaching people. When I finally called my friend I was able to find the correct festival that she was talking about. There was a large mass of people that I had to weave my way through to get to the middle of the event. It appeared that most of the booths were selling only food, but there was a gross variety of foods to be found.
This festival made me wonder for what reason Japanese people hold festivals. Where these people just here to advertise their restaurants? Or is there a background behind this festival? In America, the closest thing we have to the Japanese festivals, are carnivals, which are usually held just for entertainment.
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