which each neighborhood in the city constructs large, vivid scenes from japanese/local history, folklore, and/or fairy tales on wide floats. these are then pulled throughout the city by children both at day and at night for the three days of the festival. a traditional hayashi band of taiko drums, cymbals...
sounded a little restrained (see postscript), lacking sparkle and shimmer, the upside of this being that it sounded natural - other speakers shimmering cymbals sounding artificial in comparison. going back to the simply red track, the cymbal sounded 'right' but laid back. lastly though detail retrieval...