1983 February. Morioka City.
Emanuela Ligal (third from the left) during the takuhatsu (request of money in the street).
This is an annual tradition of the buddhist temple she has attend in Tokyo for one year.
The costume was really charming but not easy to wear.
The monk Testsu-gen San (second from the left) help her to dress, every morning, for one week.
Every day, after the procession through the city and the reciting of sutra, to thanks the followers for theirs offerings, one of them lead all us at his home, where a meal had been prepared, expressly in our honour.
Fuji San (the highest mountain in Japan) imperturbable, stand out in the background.