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Obon festival time. Tabira, Hirado and Ikitsuki Island.

I went to visit my ancestor’s grave, it takes around one hour by car, driving towards north from my parent’s house in Sasebo. With four member of my family, we made a tour through Saza, Tabira, Hirado, Ikitsuki and Kitamatsu.
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The path to the grave, beyond the fields. Deep into the bushes, we heard some wild boars. Every time I come to this grave, there is always a big butterfly flying. Maybe someone was waiting for us.
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After crossing the bridge, there is Hirado. In this island there were many clandestine Christians in the past. We went to Neshiko, a beautiful location, but it was cloudy. Summer was brief this year. I can’t remember a summer with so few sunny days.
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Then we reached Ikitsuki Island. It was once a prosperous island, thanks to the deep-sea fisheries that sailed off from here. Saying that, I didn’t have the feeling of being in a desolate place now. The faults, the horizon: the view was great and overwhelming beyond my expectations. Also, it made me feel good. Along the road, listening to my parents talking about their childhood, I thought about those days: it’s something that happens only during the Obon. Nowadays everything changes so fast, for this reason, thinking about our roots is a very important thing for me.

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