Obon

Just down the street from the family temple is a small, very traditional shop (with dirt floor and raised tatami platform in the back) selling all manner of household goods, from food to candy to beer and sake to agricultural supplies.

On the way back from the temple each night during Obon, the kids bought candy and ice cream.

From the store, it is a short but very dark walk through the rice fields to Grandma Kariya's house.