7 July 2015: Tanabata Matsuri

Today, the students celebrated the much anticipated July 7th Japanese summer festival, "Tanabata Matsuri".  The students were dressed in traditional Japanese summer wear called "Yukata".
A student-led group organized and planned the festival's activities which included bottle fishing, Menko, ring toss, and many others.  In addition, students put on a play depicting the traditional Tanabata legend of Orihime and Hikiboshi, a couple that was separated and only permitted to meet once a year on July 7th.  After that, students enjoyed a live Taiko drum performance by River City Taiko, a local Taiko group that the academy's own Uchisawa Sensei has been a long-standing member of.  The whole academy enjoyed the event: "It was absolutely splendid," said Rahi, an academy student.
The Tanabata festival was a relaxing, and fun way to conclude the day.

-Conner San