This is the B747-400(Jumbo) operated by Japan Airlines(JAL). It took off from Sendai airport. The steam (vapour) has been generated from the back of the main wings of the Jumbo. When the jet plane flies at high speed, the air around the airframe is compressed. If the humidity is high, the moisture in air coagulates and the vapour is generated. I took a picture of this animation at Iwanuma city,Miyagi prefecture on August 27,2008.
Hanagasa Ondo(Flower umbrella dance) is the dance that represents Yamagata prefecture,Japan. Obanazawa city,Yamagata prefecture is the birthplace of Hanagasa Ondo, and is the friendship city of Iwanuma city,Miyagi prefecture. People of Obanazawa city danced Hanagasa Ondo at Iwanuma summer festival on August 23, 2008.
Yukata(Summer kotton kimono) is the clothes that Japanese people put on in summer. A lot of women and some men walk putting on the colorful Yukata. The Yukata contest was done at the summer festival of Iwanuma city,Miyagi prefecture on August 23, 2008.
In Japan, when the construction of building is completed, Joutoushiki(the event of barn raising) is done. Some people pray to the god in the altar on the rooftop to wish safety of the building. After that, they scatter rice cakes and money from the rooftop to people who gather. I took a picture of this animation in Iwanuma cty,Miyagi prefecture on August 23,2008.