Spirit of the Japan Festival

It has been 1 year since the devastating Tsunami hit Japan. So the Japanese Society of Leeds University helped to donate money to them by holding this event Spirit of the Japan Festival.

Was a lot of fun being able to say some basic Japanese phrases and meeting Japanese people. I had a lot of fun looking around and joining in on their activities, such as picking beans using chopsticks against a Japanese person. Was quite a challenge, it took me 4 goes to beat him!

As you can see, the beans was very slippery and hard. To win I had to have more beans in my bowl. 

I won him by 1 point in the end.

There are a lot more activities going on in this event such as: 

• Taiko Drummers
• Traditional Shimasen and Koto Player
• Tea Ceremony
• Japanese store
• Calligraphy
• Opportunity to wear a Kimono
• Manga Cafe
• Origami
• Raffles