Okinawa City Festival & Tug of War

One of two ropes that they use for the tug of war. They connect them and then everyone at the festival joins in on the tug of war! This is not near as big as the tug of war in Naha (biggest in the world), but I was in the Philippines during that one. Hopefully we will make it next year!

Here is how they connect the two ropes. Then the mayor of the town said something as well as a representative from Kadena. The festival was really great. They had all sorts of food for sale up and down Gate 2 street.

These people are displaying their skills.... I am not sure what type of skills, but it was really cool. There were also groups doing different Eisa dances, which are traditional Okinawan dances.

That is me pulling the rope during the tug of war. My side lost.

There is Nate during his round. His side lost too.

There were three rounds of pulling. The first one was for kids and it was so cute... I am not sure if the rope moved or not.