Tokyo University Festival
Ehheh... this one is it bit late, having happened the Saturday before the Kamakura trip. Nevertheless, here it is.
I went two other exchange students, one from Hungary and one from Germany, the Aussie's host mum, who has turned out to be a very kind person always willing to take us to interesting places, and a person who I recall being the host mum of either the Hungarian or German.
Inside the university we were assaulted by friendly university students, no doubt attracting even more attention that usual with three foreigners in Japanese school uniform. In typical Japanese festival style, there was a wealth of stalls selling your typical Japanese festival foods, from octopus balls to okonomiyaki to a crushed iced slushy type thing.
We wandered on, following the sound of drums, and ended up at a Taiko show.
Unfortunately, and quite predictably, the sound really doesn't convey the booming awesomeness of the thing. I've heard Taiko from a CD before, and wasn't interested for too long, but it really is superb live.
Next we found a crazy dance being performed by some university students, and some old very professory looking foreigner.
Finally, we walked into the famous silhouette of Tokyo university, where we found a bunch of Japanese rascals playing music which might have been good were it not for the side motive of trying to make anyone who dared go within a hundred metres deaf.
Sakari
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Blimey that building looks a tad 1930s industrialist and scary at that!
I'm still looking forward to the school sports day report!
Tokyo U or Todai as known in japan, it's one of the prestigious univirsity in japan and in the holl world, i've read lot of manga talking about how it's hard to get accepted in Todai, you have to pass many examen to do that.
Will i enjoyed those pictures and i'll hope you'll write another wonderfull post sakari , waitting for ya^^