Blue Clear Stream Festival
In Nishiokoppe Village
a support facility for people with disabilities called Seiryuu no Sato.

For the first time since the Reiwa era began
the Seiryuu Festival, open to the general public, was held!

Facility users and staff wore matching blue T-shirts,
so whether you looked at the sky or at people, it was blue, blue, blue.

Fourteen food and craft stalls lined the venue,
and the crowd swelled just from the vendors gathering.

At the booth where I was helping,
100 servings of udon and soba sold out in just over an hour after the festival began.

Our neighbor’s stall (Koei beef bowls and curry!)
also sold out around the same time,
which made me realize how many people had come.

On stage, a spade shamisen performance, bingo,
and acts by facility users livened up the event.

At the end, many people were handed spades
and each swayed to the rhythm or danced through the venue as they liked.

Under a clear autumn sky,
it was a day that left us feeling very energized.

#Nishiokoppe Village
#Hokkaido
#Seiryuu no Sato
#Welfare facility
#Seiryuu Festival
#Spade shamisen