AIU festival Day 1

Pictures are now here

Today was the first day of the festival, and yes I took a few pictures and will definitely take more tomorrow. The festival became with the opening ceremony which involved some speeches in Japanese, and the releasing of the balloons. There was then a variety of rock performers all day, different clubs on campus organized booths with food from all over the world. I would definitely describe the feeling as having a "globe" in my stomach. In one day I tried food from Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Mexico, some other places that I am not sure of. I will definitely try more tomorrow. A variety of bands performed on stage, few of them however, really caught my attention. At the end of the day there was a performance by a professional band called "Karasu". They were ok, I can see why they are called professional but I think the music could have been more suited to my taste. After the band there was a "candle lighting", and path of candles was lit on campus. A group of Okinawan students (An island south of Japan) performed a traditional dance among the candles. We then had some hot coco.