My class was asked by our professor, Takeuchi-sensei, if we would offer to aid one of her friends at a local international culture festival. Several booths would be opened, themed after myriad countries and their cultures. My professor's friend was a Japanese person married to an American man, and she had many old toys and trinkets ready to make the event a blast. Of the students affiliated with the Japanese language department only me and my friend Rubel-san offered to help, but we did our best to make the day an unforgettable one for all of the attendees!

          Just to call the event extravagant would be an understatement. The person running the booth, Mayumi-san, was actually a teacher at a Japanese language training classroom, and her friends who also worked there had a large selection of traditional Japanese clothing for our audience to try on. Even after the event I have kept up with Mayumi-san, and I even participated in one of her Japanese lessons and got to know her friends!