Sunday, November 1, 2009

14th International Friendship Festival

On October 25th, Himeji hosted its 14th annual international friendship festival in Otemae park. It's a wonderful celebration of cultures through foods, arts and crafts.

Early in the morning
(from the 3rd floor of the Egret centre)


The stage offered a variety of entertainment for the day


(Japanese-style) Polish kranskys were hugely popular


Taiwanese fare


Malaysia offered deep fried banana pieces


Mexico and Australia

There was so much delicious food to try - you simply pre-bought tickets for 150 yen each and then you could exchange them for any dish on offer. I tried fare from Australia (of course), Malaysia, Philippines and Argentina. My favourite? BBQ.

Here's the Australian BBQ stall we assisted.


Sausages (weiners), steak, onions, potatoes, bread and tomato sauce.
You can't get more Aussie than that in Japan! Yum.


This stall was extremely popular -
and the first to sell out


Lauren and I
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie - Oi, Oi, Oi


The American teachers at the Language Booth
100 yen for 10 minutes!


The Australian Indigenous Art Booth-
create a dot painting for 100 yen


Some creations


This artist was offering to write a proverb for you on a card for 150 yen. His stall was closing when we went, but he graciously offered to write us one.

He wrote this one for me


Ta-da!


And he wrote one for Chris too.

Food and friends - it was an enjoyable day.

Until next time,
Monica

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