APU Summer Event

The Japanese know how to have a fun summer. HAO (event planning group) put on a summer festival event.

We first made paper fans and played some games with Kanji. We were put into random groups. I just happened to get an all girls group.

After this, we went outside to smash a watermelon then eat it on the ground like savages. A Japanese summer game is called Suikawari, which literally means watermelon splitting. You spin around with a blindfold, much like with a pinata and you have to smash the watermelon while everyone is shouting directions at you.

Next comes fireworks! Little sparklers. There were so many for us to use! Some were bigger than others, but all of them you can get for cheap at convenience stores or corner stores. Like, 50 of them for 500yen (about $5). They are so much fun to use.

Whoever took this picture had a professional camera.

Overall it was a wonderful event and I can't wait for the next event that HAO puts on!