Ishikari Salmon Festival

The Ishikari Salmon festival was a weekend-long event with tons of activities for kids, entertainment, food booths, souvenir booths etc. AND, I got to dress up in the salmon mascot costume for the kids games! It was extremely fun, although a little bit hot : )

Me as "Sake-taro" (boy salmon)...


Sake-ko (girl salmon), Bear, and Sake-taro...


The annual salmon-catch...10 people at a time get chosen from a draw to wade into this big pool of water and catch a huge salmon with their bare hands!