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(Feb.1-7, 2010)


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Correction&reading by Patrick / Jingle by Shu&Naoya
川辺二日市
　南薩に春を告げる名物の川辺二日市が２月６日と７日の２日間、南九州市川辺の商店街であった。風がやや冷たかったものの、多くの買い物客が繰り出した。
　歩行者天国となった１．３キロの商店街には、通常より２割安い仏壇や骨董品、食べ物など約４００の露店が並び、バナナのたたき売りやチンドン行列がそぞろ歩きの人々を楽しませた。
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Kawanabe Market
An annual spring feature in the Nansatsu region, the Kawanabe Futsuka-ichi Market, took place at a shopping district in Kawanabe, Minamikyushu City on February 6 and 7. Though the wind was a little chilly, it drew a large number of shoppers.
The 1.3-kilometer shopping street, which became vehicle-free for the event, was lined with roughly 4,000 stalls selling various products such as foods, and 20%-off household Buddhist altars and antiques. Traditional-style banana sales, with their unique sales pitches, and a parade of gaudily dressed people playing lively music added excitement to the market.
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An annual spring feature in the Nansatsu region, the Kawanabe Futsuka-ichi Market, took place at a shopping district in Kawanabe, Minamikyushu City on February 6 and 7.

An ~ region：南薩地域の毎春の風物詩　　　took place：行われた（was held）


Though the wind was a little chilly, it drew a large number of shoppers.

Though ~ chilly：風は少し冷たかったが　　　it ~ shoppers：（二日市）には多くの買い物客が訪れた


The 1.3-kilometer shopping street, which became vehicle-free for the event, was lined with roughly 4,000 stalls selling various products such as foods, and 20%-off household Buddhist altars and antiques.

Vehicle-free：歩行者天国（pedestrian precinct[street, mall]）　　　was ~ products：様々な商品を売る約４００の露天が立ち並んだ　　　such as…：・・・のような　　　household ~ altars：仏壇　　　antiques：骨董品


Traditional-style banana sales, with their unique sales pitches, and a parade of gaudily dressed people playing lively music added excitement to the market.

Traditional-style：伝統的なスタイルの　　　with ~ pitches：独特の売り口上で　　　a ~ music：派手な衣装を着てにぎやかな音楽を奏でる人々のパレード（チンドン行列のこと）　　　added ~ market：その市場（二日市のこと）をにぎやかにした


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Kawanabe Market：川辺市場
仏壇まで市場に並ぶのは仏壇の産地である川辺ならではですね。２割引の仏壇で負担が軽くなる分、故人も早く浮かばれるのでは（笑）。
みっち（担当講師）


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