"Peter" is Peter Macintosh in the Kyoto links at right.

This is perhaps smaller than any bon event you've seen elsewhere. It has to do with over a thousand years of Kyoto history, the locals gathering in small neighborhood associations to rebuild battle damage from the aristocrats warring ways.
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Whenever a maiko came by, the apprentices would stop playing and line up: "Konbanwa, oneesan!" That sweet girl in yellow yukata, I took a picture of her in street clothes in May. (pink t-shirt)

i came here from yahoo search of keyword "bon odori". i wonder the girl that her face r painted white, is she a geisha?

plz forgive me if i am wrong. anyway, sayonara