In Japan, most universities have an annual school festival called a gakuen-sai. The festivals are open to the public. Many university clubs and organizations will have food booths set up and there will be all kinds of events - music, dancing, games, exhibitions, demonstrations, etc. But the university that was located not too far from our apartment was the Tokyo Agricultural Univeristy. They called their school festival a "Harvest Festival". It would be held every year in November. My wife and I would go to this event every year as well. As this is an agricultural university, the students want to show off the crops they grew, the animals they raised, the honey they made, etc.
日本の大学は年に一回学園祭を開く。これは一般の人でも参加出来るお祭り。いろんな大学サークルが屋台を出してりして、音楽やデモンストレーション、展示会、ゲームなどが楽しめるイベントです。うちの近くにあった大学は東京農業大学、通称農大。農大は学園祭ではなく毎年開くのは”収穫祭”。農大なので、やっぱり作った野菜や蜂蜜を一般の人に販売してる。私たちは毎年この収穫祭に行きました。恒例になった感じ。
The entrance to Tokyo University of Agriculture. The display outside the gates also changes every year.
東京農業大学の入口。入口のディスプレイも毎年変わります。
But the best thing about this festival is the food! As there are many foreign students, you can get a chance to try foods from different countries.
でもこの祭りの最高の目当てはやっぱり食べ物。留学生も多いため、他国の料理が楽しめる。
I usually keep the pamphlets so I can refer back to what we ate but as it's been over five years since this festival and we moved to Aomori, I most likely tossed the pamphlet out. Everything was good but the soft tacos were nothing to tell home about.
いつもなら農大が提供してるパンフレットを持って、ブログに食べ物の写真をアップする時、それを見ながら、なにを食べたで参考にしてたが、もう５年以上前の祭りだったので、パンフレットは多分処分した。食べ物は全部美味しかった。ま、タコスだけはまーまーだったな。
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