Bouncing Red Ball

This is my very first post in this blog, so to liven things up I will show you guys something current in Japan. Universities in Japan usually hold their daigakusai (university festival) in the month of November. These festivals usually includes college students transforming their university into little stalls selling drinks and food. There are entertainments everywhere too. From live bands, dance performances, to little comedy plays to accompany you while you roam around looking for interesting stuff and sizzling hot bits to get you through the coldness.

Just the other day, we went to visit Tokyo University of Foreign Students. They are having their 85th festival there from Nov. 21 to 25, which is a bit lengthy compared to other universities. Yes, this is the last day, so if you’re around the vicinity just ride the Chuou Line to Musashisakai, from there change train riding the Seibu Tamagawa and get down at Tama Station, and you’re there already. The place was bursting with people when we’re there, people lining up to get them German sausages, students who doesn’t seem to drink were selling all sorts of gin, and people grabbing imported beers I haven’t even seen before.

Tokyo Gaidai Gaigosai is a bit especial in that the university is probably the best foreign language university in Japan. The university teaches various foreign language and cultures, from Thai, Filipino, Bahasa, Chinese, to Spanish, Portuguese, French, Deutsch, Italian, Polish, Russian. So when they hold their university festival, there are many stalls that cater to these culture’s food and specialty liquors. Be sure to visit, if not now then next year, or you could visit the university you’re closed to, there must be something good happening there every November.