Buddhika Weerasinghe

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Preparation For Nada no Kenka Matsuri

Japanese children perform traditional dance during the rehearsal preparation of Nada Kenka Matsuri or Nada Fight Festival at Shirahama town on October 5,2012 in Himeji, Japan. Nada Fighting Festival is one of biggest festival in Japan will hold on October 14 and 15 every years. Seven team of Shrine Parishioners carrying 7 portable shrine carried on the shoulders of the men in the parade and jolted against one another. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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Dummies in Paddy Field

A dummies of dress as human stand paddy field during the harvest season on September 16,2012 Himeji, Japan. (photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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Toy Stall of Road Side

Japanese girl walks pass the toy selling stall during the Kishiwada Danjiri Festival on September 15, 2012 in Kishiwada, Japan. The Kishiwada Danjiri festival is one of the most dangerous festivals, during which participants pull portable shrines very fast through the streets to the music of the flutes, bells and Taiko drums. The festival started 300 hundred years ago to pray for a good harvest. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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Japanese vendor sits inside the chocolate banana selling stall during the Kishiwada Danjiri Festival on September 15, 2012 in Kishiwada, Japan. The Kishiwada Danjiri festival is one of the most dangerous festivals, during which participants pull portable shrines very fast through the streets to the music of the flutes, bells and Taiko drums. The festival started 300 hundred years ago to pray for a good harvest. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Kishiwada Danjiri Festival in Osaka

Team of men pull their portable shrine through the town of Kishiwada during the Kishiwada Danjiri Festival on September 15, 2012 in Kishiwada, Japan. The Kishiwada Danjiri festival is one of the most dangerous festivals, during which participants pull portable shrines very fast through the streets to the music of the flutes, bells and Taiko drums. The festival started 300 hundred years ago to pray for a good harvest. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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Beer Festival

A woman walks as people enjoy the craft beer road side as part of the annual beer festival held by Brewing Company on September 8, 2012 in Osaka, Japan. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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Daily Life In Japan's Largest Korean Town

A woman rides bicycle through the Korean Town at Ikuno, which is largest and famous Korean town in Japan on August 25, 2012 in Osaka, Japan. Ikuno Korean town is three hundred meters long shopping street with 150 Korean food and clothes stores, which is located between Tsuruhashi and Momodani JR station in Osaka. Japan and South Korea raise diplomatic tension triggered by South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak's visit to Takeshima Island on August 10, 2012. Japan Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda criticizing that South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's recent visit to Takeshima as 'illegal' according to Japan media. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images)

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Village Mud Festival

Japanese festival-goers play in the mud during the village mud festival at Yumesaki on August 19, 2012 in Himeji, Japan. The festival is held to encourage youths of the village to participate in the community. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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Kobe Seaside Bon Dance

Japanese man performs traditional Japanese dance during the Bon Dance festival on August 18,2012 in Kobe, Japan. That festival held ending period of Obon. Obon is an annual Buddhist event for commemorate to dead people as period of 13 to 15 of August is called Obon. Japanese Buddhists believed that each year during Obon the ancestral sprit return to their home in order to visit their relatives. Most Japanese go back to their native place in these days. People bring paper lanterns to their graves and bring their ancestral souls with candlelight back to their home on 13 of August and bring them back to their brave on 15 August. The huge symbol of fires and lantern guide to ancestral spirits back to where they come from. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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Anti-nuclear activists protset in Hiroshima

Anti-nuclear activists march during a protest around the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on August 6, 2012 in Hiroshima. Japan. Japan marks the 67th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima by the United States on August 6, 1945, killing an estimated 70,000 people instantly with many thousands more dying over the following years from the effects of radiation. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, ending World War II. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

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Japanese people stage a die-in protest in front of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, commonly called the Atomic Bomb Dome at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on August 6, 2012 in Hiroshima. Japan. Tomorrow marks the 67th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima by the United States on August 6, 1945, killing an estimated 70,000 people instantly with many thousands more dying over the following years from the effects of radiation. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, ending World War II. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Hiroshima To Mark 67th Anniversary Of Atomic Bomb

People visit the monument for atomic bomb vicitims at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park on August 5, 2012 in Hiroshima. Japan. Tomorrow marks the 67th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima by the United States on August 6, 1945, killing an estimated 70,000 people instantly with many thousands more dying over the following years from the effects of radiation. Three days later another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, ending World War II. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Traditional Himeji Takigi Noh Is Performed In Japan

Traditional Japanese Noh actors perform during the annual Himeji Takigi Noh Performance at Himeji Castel on August 3, 2012 in Himeji, Japan. Takigi- Noh, or outdoor firelight Noh performance, dates back over thousand years and is performed in the darkness of the evening. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Cormorant Fishing Takes Place in Kyoto

A female cormorant fishing master Sawaki Mariko 38, uses a burning lantern and birds as she fishes on the Uji river on July 30, 2012 in Kyoto, Japan. The anciant fishing system, which sees fishermen use fire lanterns to illuminate the river to assist cormorants in catching their prey, runs from July to September in Arashiyama and Uji annually. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)

Exclusive Dog Beach Attracts Dog Lovers

Japanese man and his pet dog, Marine bath in the water at Takeno Beach on July 28, 2012 in Toyooka, Japan. This beach is especially open for dogs and their owners each summer between the months of June and September. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe)