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Bunkasai

Tokyo Kokusai Metropolitan High School holds an annual "Bunkasai" cultural festival where each classroom puts on activities and student clubs create attractions in order to showcase their talents and recruit new members. Unlike many Japanese schools, Tokyo Kokusai does not require students to change shoes. The festival takes place over two days on a weekend and is open to the public, giving students, parents, and prospective students a glimpse of school life. Arisa-chan, a half-Filipino, half-Japanese student, has been preparing games and events with her classmates for visitors to this year's Bunkasai.

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Bunkasai

Tokyo Kokusai Metropolitan High School holds an annual "Bunkasai" cultural festival where each classroom puts on activities and student clubs create attractions in order to showcase their talents and recruit new members. Unlike many Japanese schools, Tokyo Kokusai does not require students to change shoes. The festival takes place over two days on a weekend and is open to the public, giving students, parents, and prospective students a glimpse of school life. Arisa-chan, a half-Filipino, half-Japanese student, has been preparing games and events with her classmates for visitors to this year's Bunkasai.

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"Bunkasai" [文化祭]

at Tokyo Kokusai Metropolitan High


School
Tokyo Kokusai Metropolitan High School
Tokyo Kokusai Metropolitan High School is not classed as an International High
School but one where about 40% of students are either are of mixed
parentage, or foreign students or a students who have spent a lot of time
overseas. The motto of the school is‘Your Wings to the World’.
Shoes or no shoes?
• Many schools across
Japan require you to
remove your shoes before
you go in and put on a set
of shoes called "Uwabaki"
[上履き] that are worn in
class.
• However Kokusai
Metropolitan does not
have this custom and
allows you to walk in as
long as your shoes are
clean.
Bunkasai
Most schools celebrate Bunkasai – which is a day or
days to show off the students’ talents and the
school itself to parents and prospective
students. Each homeroom class will put on some
sort of event (justified from an educational
standpoint as teaching the students how to run a
business). The most common activities involve
turning a classroom either into a small cafe
(kissaten), or a haunted house
(obakeyashiki). Student clubs will also participate,
often creating club-theme-related attractions in
hopes to attract future recruits.
Navigating the festival with Danny Choo and
Arisa-chan…

Today's navigator is Arisa-chan - a half Filipino and Japanese


student of Kokusai Metropolitan who has been working hard
over the past few days with her classmates to prepare a load
of fun and games for visitors. She is pictured with Danny
Choo.
You've seen these cultural festivals in many anime including
K-ON! and Haruhi where the students prepare many events
for the other students and visitors to the school.
Other than "Bunkasai" [文化祭], the cultural festivities are
also known as "Gakuensai" [学園祭] which is actually part of
the school curriculum where students have the chance to
exhibit their learning over the past year. They work with other
students to get creative and prepare events/activities for the
visitors.
The festival usually takes place over two days on a weekend
and is open to the public for students/parents/guardians who
are interested in attending/sending their kids to the school as
they get to see for themselves what the school is like.
All images in slideshow Bunkasai © Danny Choo http://culturejapan.jp
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