Thread:LuciaHunter/@comment-29270805-20150802030649/@comment-29270805-20150821075515

Ah... Let me share to you my experience. So prepare to read a wall of texts. Ehehehe

The Japanese summer festival in my area is called “Bon Odori Festival” held on August 7-8, 2015 in a park near my school. The festival on the first day started on 5pm until late evening while the second day started on 3pm until late evening. I only went on the second day because I went somewhere else with my family on the first day. When I went there on 3pm, there weren’t much people yet. So the food stalls only had a few to none customers around that time, which is good because I don’t want to wait… Then I was able to buy okonomiyaki immediately… it was really good, but it was already warm. The one who entertained me in the okonomiyaki stall was a Japanese. So I tried to say thank you in Japanese, which is arigatou gozaimasu, but it was kinda embarrassing… Then I also bought takoyaki and onigiri. They were also good. I wanted to buy more, but I became full after eating those three. So I decided to buy more later…

Then there was a mochi pounding event, where the mochis were pounded by Japanese men. I really wanted to eat the mochi, but the line was toooooooo long, so I didn’t bother. There was also a karaoke contest, yukata contest, and a cosplay contest. The cosplay contest was quite entertaining. Not all contestants cosplayed characters from an anime, some cosplayed a character from an online game (I’m not sure about that… hehehe), and there was one who cosplayed Olaf from Frozen. There were two categories in the cosplay contest: individual and group category. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to watch the group category and the other events like the fireworks because I had to leave early. Before I left, I wanted to buy yakisoba and taiyaki, but the line was really long and they ran out of taiyaki. I was disappointed, but oh well, I’ve learned my lesson. And during the fest, especially around 6pm, it was pouring rain, but the fest still went on.

Most of my time during the fest, while waiting for the cosplay contest, I met a friend who’s an anime otaku. We talked about anime, usually about Love Live. We had fun talking to each other.

Well… all I could say that the fest was fun. It was a great experience. But it would have been even better if I stayed until the fireworks and if the weather was good.

Thank you for reading this wall of texts. It kinda feels like I’m writing an essay or something… lol