🎮 Episode 156: “The Festival Returns”


🍜 Japanese Title:

祭りが帰ってきた
Matsuri ga Kaette Kita
The Festival Returns


🎯 Theme:

After years of silence, the town’s summer festival is back. Lanterns are strung up, food stalls line the streets, and the rhythm of taiko drums echoes through the evening — bringing back forgotten memories.


📍 Setting:

  • Twilight sky turning dark
  • Street lined with lanterns and stalls
  • Local shrine alive with drums and dancing

📚 Vocabulary:

JapaneseReadingMeaning
祭りまつりfestival
太鼓たいこtaiko drum
屋台やたいfood stall
思い出おもいでmemory

🔊 Useful Phrases:

  • 久しぶりのお祭りだね。
    (It’s been so long since we had a festival.)
  • あの音、懐かしいなあ。
    (That sound… it’s nostalgic.)
  • みんな笑ってる。なんか嬉しい。
    (Everyone’s smiling. It makes me happy.)

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📉 Grammar Focus:

GrammarExampleMeaning
〜ている太鼓を叩いている。ongoing action (beating the drum)
〜たことがあるお祭りに行ったことがある。past experience
〜ようだ昔に戻ったようだ。it’s like / it seems

🎥 Dialogue:

Hana: 「このにおい、焼きそばかな?」
(That smell… is it yakisoba?)

Yuki: 「うん、買ってみよう。あと金魚すくいも!」
(Yeah, let’s get some! And goldfish scooping too!)


🛏️ Final Note:

Sometimes, the return of a tradition feels like the return of something inside you — something you forgot you missed.


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