The main attraction of the event if the food fair. Student groups are encouraged to set up a tent where they can sell any type of food or drink they want, so long as it is non-alcoholic. The party used to involve drinking, but a couple of years ago a couple of students overindulged and died as a result so since then it has been prohibited. They block off the main street on campus and set up tents and generators for the young entrepreneurs to use. One end of the street is dedicated for Japanese students and the other is for the foreign students to use to showcase their native cuisine. The food in the Japanese end was the same kind of typical fare you find in any festival, so we have spent most of our time sampling delicious food from elsewhere.
My faculty (Environmental Science) also set up interactive displays and opened up for public tours on Saturday and Sunday. I only found out when I was leaving work on Friday and there were movers bringing large display boards into our foyer and hanging a slide show screen from the ceiling. One of the professors who was there putting up posters told me all about it. I was a bit sad to only hear about our faculty's participation so late because it would have been fun to take part and put together an intertidal touch tank.
Here are some photos of the fun - the crowded street on Saturday and the American Cookie booth. The international food was incredibly delicious and we ate way too much because you just can't walk past your friend's booth without buying something, and all of the foreigners know each other here....
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