Culture Festival 2001

Each year, the students at just about every high school in Japan put on an amazing "Culture Festival," which is essentially a giant, school-wide talent show.  Here are some highlights!

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Erik enjoys a traditional tea ceremony, put on by a group of students in the Tea Ceremony Club.

Erik eats the traditional treat, this one in the shape of a tiny peach.  Very cute.

Erik prepares the tea!

Erik serves a student, who subsequently chokes the tea down (really).

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Culture Festival's Tea Ceremony!

Erik enjoys some "Curry Rice" at the student-produced food festival.

The school's courtyard, done up for the food fest.

Traditional Japanese drum performance.

More drums.  Very fun.

Alice in Wonderland, performed by the students, starring the guy from Scream.

A group of young women perform Yesterday in the a capella style of Boyz II Men!

Tony and Maria in the Japanese version of West Side Story