Food Festival

This Sunday near the Hiroshima Castle there was Food Festival. In the past mostly it was for farmers who were selling their products but now usually restaurants are selling many different kinds of food and of course they are promoting themselves. I ate okonomiyaki which is my favourite Japanese food and Taiyaki which is cookie in shape of fish. It is sweet. I ate with red bean filling. It was very tasty!!

Rice Harvest

Through the local community of Gion we had the chance to participate in a Rice Harvesting session.
It was pretty fun, we had to cut the rice which was in a mud field. Some of us even had mud up to their knees!

　We use a basic sickle for that and of course one of us cut herself a little bit!
Apparently we are still kids playing in mud!　



Then we packed them so it will dry. In 2 weeks we will go back there and separate the rice seeds from the sticks/branchs.

rice harvesting

This Sunday we did rice harvesting!! As you can see in the pictures we worked hard. We cut the rice with a special hook knife. Only one girl cut herself :). And then we tied rice with a string. Unfortunately now we have to wait until rice dries but then we will do rice threshing.

Tea ceremony

All international students took part in a tea ceremony last Sunday. As you can see girls were dressed up in kimonos. Weather was a little bit too hot but we had fans so it wasn't that bad. And of course taste of green tea was worth everything! I think it was unforgettable experience for all of us!