Himeji's 24th International Friendship Festival

           

 

Sunday morning we walked to Otemae Park, located across from Himeji Castle. Himeji's 24th International Friendship Festival was going on. There were international food stands, various performances, and international exchanges like conversational booths with native speakers of different languages. We tried various of the international food booths. Some were good while others were... not what I was expecting.

 

  

As we were going to head out an older lady directed us to this table. They were teaching people Shodō – Japanese calligraphy. You got to choose the word you wanted and they taught you how to to write it. I chose the word 'Himeji' and they wrote it in Hiragana instead of Kanji since it would be simpler to write it in hiragana. Blake chose the word 'Castle' and wrote in it kanji. We may need some more practice to improve our calligraphy skills.