It’s Party Time
It’s that time of year…
In fall, many Japanese universities have festivals, or sai (祭) that are like town carnivals. At bigger ones, like at my university Waseda the festivals are like concerts, and have many entertainers and bands come to perform. There are street vendors selling food and little souvenirs, as well as student groups performing acts they have been working on for months.
The best thing about these is that they are free and open to anyone!
Tomorrow is National Culture Day and everyone is off, so it would be a good day to see the closing festival of Sophia-sai.
Waseda-sai begins on 11/7 and closes 11/8, and will have many famous singers come and perform, so I am definitely going to be there to show some school spirit!
p.s.
At university festivals there is a food called daigaku-imo, or University yams, that is a very starchy sweet dessert. I hate it, but Just Hungry has instructions on how to make it, if you are into that sort of thing.
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