Living & Working in Ishikawa, Japan
Courtesy of Drachenman
Finally, an excuse to bring your flip-flops out of hiding! If you’re sticking around Ishikawa this Golden Week come on out to Uchinada Beach, just 15 minutes from KZ station, on May 3rd and 4th (Thursday and Friday) for this exciting daytime event.
The Uchinada World Kite Festival is in it’s 23rd year (last year was cancelled due to tsunami concerns), and it is the first event to re-open the Uchinada Beach area after winter – lots of fun, food, and sun to be had! If you’ve not been to this festival yet, I recommend it. The kites themselves are enormous! They seem more the size of a hot-air balloon than a kite and the people that fly them come from all over the world. The stunt kite competition is also very impressive, with teams of up to eight pilots flying their kites within inches of each other and performing all manner of figures and formations in the air while somehow narrowly averting disaster.
There will be cheap Japanese kites for sale, festival attendees are encouraged to try their hand at flying their own tako!
Read on for schedule and transportation info:
This guest post is by Jeff Shieh, the CIR in Uchinada.
Acacia Romantic Festival Flyer (pdf)
Uchinada Town is holding its annual Acacia Romantic Festival on Sunday, May 15, 2011. Every year, there is a flea market and local performances. This year, in light of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake, they have made this into a charity event, where a portion of the proceeds from the flea market will go to relief funds.
AJET has never participated in this festival before, but this year, we would like to run a small booth. For that, we need volunteers to help out!
Here are the details:
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Thanks to CIR PA Rohan for this event information!
English:
About “ Café Ai ”
Under the philosophy of “presenting food in a proper yet tasty way,” Café Ai presents a healthy and nutritious selection of dishes made purely from organic vegetables and free from any animal products. All flavorings or seasonings used are hand made from natural ingredients and highly nutritious.
Are you dietary restricted for religious reasons? Are you vegetarian? Are you interested in organic foods or simply would like to experience some international exchange? If so, you may be interested in our next event.
Staying in Ishikawa for Golden Week? Trek on over to Uchinada for an awesome event: the World Kite Festival!
Festival 2007
Bring your lunch and have a picnic on the beach while listening to live music performances, watching stunt kite flying, or flying your own kite creation (if you don’t have one, you can buy it from the vendors there). This is an event not to be missed!
~MS the Younger
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