September 30, 2010
Matti at bunkasai!
Well the Seiritsu school festival has just ended and it was indeed busy. My class had decided to make a cafe and helping them was fun yet at the same time challenging. Quite a few Japanese people came to talk to me out of curiosity but very few spoke English. It was quite an exercise in the Japanese language!
The same thing happened when I was helping the English Conversation Club by doing some fortune telling. I was often stumped by the question of how to translate the fortunes from English to Japanese. But in the end everyone had a good laugh so it was worth it.
The part I enjoyed the most was carrying the portable shrine or mikoshi through the school. I had carried a mikoshi two times before and it was always fun, if a bit painful on the shoulders. Along with Richie, Eskild, Angel and large amount of the Seiritsu girls, we managed to successfully carry the shrine and have a good amount of fun with it too. The bunkasai was a very positive experience. I'm sad I won't be here for it next year.