Iwate Swan 8: High School Culture Festival

This week's episode sees my trip to one of my high school's culture festivals. The culture festival, or 文化祭 as it is known in Japanese, is a very important event for high schools in japan. Many of the students get involved and much planning is required well in advance. Besides the sports festival, graduation and opening ceremonies, the culture festival is one of the most important events of the school year.

Usually these sorts of festivals involve the students making festival food such as octopus balls たこ焼き or yakisoba 焼きそば. Live music is usually played on a giant stage of sorts, and in general the school hosts many fun games, activities, panels, and dances to enjoy. It is just a nice way for the student body and the local community to come together and enjoy a weekend.

This was a very fun festival for me, as it was my first time going to a festival at a school in which I teach at. So, it was really nice to see my students enjoying themselves and having such a fun time. I really recommend you to try and go to these festivals if you get a chance, but for those not in Japan I hope this video shows some of the fun that can be had at such an exciting event.

More videos to come next! Oh yeah, anyone else notice that episode 8 of both Tokyo and Iwate Swan is a school festival video? Totally didn't plan it like that, so strange how that worked out hah.
See you next time!

Music in this episode:
Iwate Swan Theme: Keterol

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• iwate
• swan
• high
• school
• culture
• festival
• 文化祭
• boys
• girls
• students
• teachers
• gaijin
• food
• octopus
• music
• band
• guitar
• rock
• dance
• work
• english
• language
• hot
• car

[BubblesofAir]

so this is when they have in anime where classes compete with each other?

[rodgerswan]

i suppose so. school festivals are a massive deal in japan, so it's no surprise that they are often depicted in popular forms of entertainment here.

[ZoryaDanis]

So when we see an episode about the Iwate traffic.

[rodgerswan]

traffic here actually isn't really that bad. i can only imagine what driving in tokyo would be like though haha....

[ZoryaDanis]

Hi, Rodger, so what car did u get?

[rodgerswan]

toyota starlet.

[MoriokaMatt]

this is the high school ill be going to in march.. thats crazy that he taught there.

RIP Iwate Swan

[RyuuMakato42]

EPIC newspaper Totoro! Haha.

[timaneco19]

高校の文化祭を見た外国人の反応、から来ました。

超地元です!!

来年は不来方祭行こう！

ご冥福をお祈りします。

[TheChubbeh]

I've watch this with a smile on my face. Thx so much Roger for making me this happy. RIP bro ^.^v

[yasuomessi88]

your beards growing!!!

[ciddjr]

awesome what is it that you teach at the three school

[Oathlord]

"You get double the balls in this episode" Oh Roger, you make me so happy :D RIP brother.

[chaosc00l]

I saw Picolo!



[lemmiwinksable]

Mmmm...I like balls....

[aoi9519]

不来方！

[premadonna17]

@MoriokaMatt He died??? O_O

[premadonna17]

Damn so many cute japanese boys <3