~ a-ya dance festival ~

was invited by my korean friend to attend this ~aya dance festival ~ held in Koenji. according to the japanese friends we met there, this is one of the biggest dance festival in tokyo and it is very well-known among the japanese. why havent i heard of this the whole time i was in japan in the past?? anyway it was great. very colorful. the dance got a little boring mid-way thro because the dance moves were similar (for a whole 2 hr). it didnt help that it was also raining. later that evening, we were brought to a very japanese restaurant to eat okonomiyaki. yummy. i didnt take any pics though..