This is the akimatsuri time here and they were celebrating the entire day, all 24 hours of it. That meant that they were pulling floats around the town all night.
Pulling floats go along with pounding drums, singing, some fireworks, and eating and drinking. They also made calls for people on loudspeakers throughout the night. We are staying at the same place again and we get to hear them for a second night in a row.Getting to the temple was a 8 hour walk straight up then down. We went with a fellow henro. Her name was Aiko.
She was 38 years old and doing the pilgrimage, because she wasn't working, would soon be moving to Sendai and wanted to do the walk for her particular reason. It was different to be walking with another person besides Emi.
Tomorrow Emi promised me a long day, 19 miles. I think this is a promise that she'll keep.
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