September 30, 2010
Eskild at Bunkasai!
So, the culture festival has now ended, and we have gotten a great experience. The festival lasted for two days, Saturday the 25th of September, and Sunday the 26th of September.
My class, 1C, had an udon (noodle) stall, where we sold yakiudon. The preparations took a lot of time, but that is mostly because everyone was just fooling around. We made posters, decorations, and set up our classroom in a special way. All the desks (except a few used for the room's design) were carried out the window, and placed there for the time being.
The exchange students also made posters, presenting their country for the festival. I made one of Norway, presenting fish, oil, and heavy metal (the music style).
We, the international education department, shared a room with the English conversation club, and the event was English fortune telling. Since it was the English conversation club, everything was supposed to be in English, but we had to make an effort translating the fortunes, and I don't know how many times we had to call on Nick or Richard for help.
On Saturday, the English conversation club's members interviewed the international students on a stage, and on Sunday, the international students helped carry the mikoshi, a portable shinto shrine. The mikoshi was a small one, but still very heavy, and it really hurts when we bounce it on our shoulders yelling YASSHAI!!!
After 3pm on Sunday, we used about an hour to clean up. It was a smashing success, and I can't wait for next year's event!
-Eskild.