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Mochitsuki

Mochitsuki

Delta 3200 in Xtol.

From the 2011 Mitsuwa rice pounding (“Mochitsuki”) and Lion Dance in New Jersey.

I’ve also got three rolls of Pro 160S that are heading out to Miller’s Lab for them to develop and scan. Hopefully they came out as well as the B&W shots; it was quite dim, and I’m always nervous about shooting slower than 400 speed film in that kind of light.

The lion dance performance was fantastic. The Mochi performance was energetic, but seemed less organized than the last one I saw. The “turner” wasn’t reaching in between pounds to flip the rice this year as much as I recall seeing before. But nonetheless, a good time was had by all…