The last couple of weeks have been very busy with all the school culture festivals happening. The culture festivals, or “bunkasai,” are annual performances to showcase the school’s and community’s talent. As soon as the undoukai are over with in September, preparation for the bunkasai in November starts. I was involved in three different bunkasai this year: my junior high school’s, my high school’s, and the Yuge island community bunkasai. So, I had a lot of preparation to do too. For the junior high school’s bunkasai, I was directing the play “Cinderella” with my third year class, coaching the English speeches, and playing the tone chimes with the music class (as I did last year). The play was a major undertaking, but it turned out to be a great performance in the end. Of course, the
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