Dispatch № 24: A Festival Built For Two

Photograph of David and his wife at a summer festival in Nerima Ward, Saitama City, Japan

Last summer, they canceled all the local festivals because of the pestilence at large. Though vaccinations are happening now in Japan, it’s slow going, and I suspect summer festivals will fall victim to the plague for a second year.

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