My weekend started off by visiting the Osaka Festival held at the Waterfront City, Docklands. It celebrate the Melbourne Osaka Cup, which is a double-handed yacht race that is held every 4 years racing between Melbourne and Osaka. The festival includes traditional Japanese cultural activities and entertainment including a Japanese tea ceremony, music, dancing and martial arts. Since I stayed for only 1/2 hour (I also wanted to visit the Food and Wine Festival at Federation Square), I don’t get to see most of those activities but I’ve taken some photos…

Oh, and I also receive this fan as a souvenior… nice.

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