Hot Air Balloon Competition
In Tochigi Prefecture there is a Hot Air Balloon Competition in November that I had no idea about. It was a normal day when out of nowhere there were these hot air balloons landing in the nearby rice fields. My friends in the dorm didn’t know what was going on, but we decided to follow them and see them land after we took our pictures. A five minute bike ride away we saw the descent and landing of the hot air balloons. It was cool because it was unexpected. Afterwards we went to the convenience store for some snacks and researched why there were hot air balloons landing in Oyama. It turns out the competition started out from Utsunomiya, which is a neighboring town, and some of them ended up in Oyama. The competition is held annually so check it out if you are in Japan in November.