Kobe flower festival 2010
If you happen to visit Kobe at the and of April/beginning of May – do not miss it!
It is an annual event. The official name is Infiorata-Kobe (here is a link to its site – in Japanese) and usually it is organized in the center of Kobe near Sannomiya station. However, you can often find outposts of beautiful flower decorations in other parts of the city during the festival days. For example all the pictures on which the flower petals are covered with thin net are taken at HAT Kobe sea promenade.
For the compositions they use both flower petals (for the bright colors) or pine tree bark and branches (for the dark elements). Some of people who participate in the creation of the compositions are ikebana specialists. Usually the exposition lasts for 2 days.
Here are some selected pictures from Infiorata Kobe 2010 event:
The dancing girl:
And a detail of her skirt (I think you can feel the ikebana touch here):
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Here is a short video clip (usually there is a music also but it is difficult to hear because of the background noise):
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And the rest of the pictures:
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