PaMdora.: Candy Miyuki makes pink octupus
PaMdora.: this year I drew Candy Mikyuki for the festival t-shirt
PaMdora.: Pink Octupus with bow
PaMdora.: more of Candy's funky candy
PaMdora.: who's the wonder woman?
PaMdora.: hanging out with the girls
PaMdora.: Mochi is not wanting to pose with Kuniko
PaMdora.: Kunkiko Yamamoto, Pam RuBert, Candy Miuyki
PaMdora.: Russ RuBert, Candy Miyuki and Mochi
PaMdora.: many Japanese scissors for cutting candy
PaMdora.: Candy Miyuki makes a dragon
PaMdora.: more artist's tools - the paint is for decorating cakes so it's edible
PaMdora.: making Candy PaMdora
PaMdora.: Kunkio is always telling stories and making everyone laugh
PaMdora.: more stories from Kuniko
PaMdora.: Kuniko Yamamoto, the magic story-teller from Disney's Epcot Center
PaMdora.: Kuniko Yamamoto entertains all the kids at the festival
PaMdora.: Kuniko making funny noises and faces
PaMdora.: St. Louis Osuwa Taiko perform at the Springfield, MO, Japanese Fall Festival. Taiko means "big fat drum"
PaMdora.: Long ago in Japan, taiko drums were beaten to boost the morale of armies and used to communicated from village to village.
PaMdora.: Audience in enthralled with the taiko concert.
PaMdora.: Today taiko is used at festivals around the world.
PaMdora.: The St. Louis Osuwa Taiko has performed at several Springfield festivals - they always put on an awesome show.
PaMdora.: St. Louis Osawa Taiko has choregraphed dance moves to accompany their songs.
PaMdora.: Some say the beat of the taiko drum echos the first thing we hear - the beat of our mother's heart, and that the taiko is the most universal sound we
PaMdora.: St. Louis Osuwa Taiko give an after-concert class to kids from the audience
PaMdora.: t-shirts and souvenirs are always for sale at the Japanese Fall Festival
PaMdora.: bonsei, gardening, martial arts, and tea ceremony demonstrations are a feature of the Japanese Fall Festival
PaMdora.: there are lots of arts and crafts booths at the festival
PaMdora.: candlelight walks wind through the Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden, around the Tea House and over the Moon Bridge