Bunkasai 10/27-10/28

Bunkasai aka Culture Festival is held every year in junior high schools and senior high schools. In Matsubara, Bunkasai contains plays, dances, talent shows, live anime plays, games, and classrooms filled with information (about diversity, manga reading, caligraphy, art displays).

My class (1-4 first year class 4), did about the banana. When I go home, I will show you my cool pencil case. It is the Banana Man!!! Our class created a quiz that you had to go around the room, and at the end, depending on how much you got right, you get candy or chocolate!

Most classes did plays and dances. The thing that is so great about Japan is that, you don't have to have a special talent to be in a certain club to do something like a dance or play. The whole homeroom class works together and make sure that it is entertainable to their audience. You could be a jock, loner, dork, whatever, it doesnt matter. You are with the class!

I recorded a full play (it was the last play of the festival). It was Annie.
I will upload that as soon as possible.
And the dance team... I have videos of the dance team that I will upload tommarow.

Seeing everybody work so hard together.. and in the end, creates something fantastic, is marvelous. Not even college students in America can pull something like this off. lol. Japan is a group society. I never had so much fun at school before.. seriously. lol.
Now I want to go to school everyday.. can you believe it?! lol.
Because of the atmosphere and environment.. the positive aura.. you feel good.

These kids in Matsubara High School may not be the brightest in academics, but they sure are creative due to the practices in school since a kid.
I respect them for giving their all. The students even stay 2-4 hours after school, the week before Bunkasai.. just to practice, rehearse, or create posters or whatsoever.


Sorry I did not take a lot of pictures!
Enjoy!

Always,

Ya Cee Ng