windrider wrote:

whos going to the festival later?

i went and just came back !!
it was fun although the rain spoilt the earlier part of the prog, ... tried the bonodori with hundreds of people, old and young, japanese and locals...get to practise my japanese too ..bt was a bit disappointed that i went there too late to rent yukata
so did anyone else go?

haiz... wanted to go but my friends all say got thing on... dun wan to go alone so nv go

windrider wrote:

haiz... wanted to go but my friends all say got thing on... dun wan to go alone so nv go

awww if my fren doesnt accompany me, i probably wont go either..maybe u can go next year...and try wearing the yukata... and mingle with the japanese...i took a lot of pics with japanese children wearing yukata hahah...cause they just looked too adorable in their mini yukata, very hard to resist

posted the same topic last year....tot i will post it again this year though i am not sure if anyone is keen.....

Summer Festival
at The Japanese School Changi Campus
21 August (Sat) 6pm onwards


Day Ticket
$6/set (Admission + Free coupon 12pcs)

Programmes
* Bon Odori
* Food Corner
* Game Corner

take bus no. 2 (the only one!!!) from tanah merah mrt station......but my friend mentions that you can actually take from bedok bus interchange...not too sure about that.........
you press the bell AFTER you see the campus.....def wont miss it........it stops right outside the campus

last year they had rental of yukata (summer cotton kimono).....details for this year have yet to be released
will post more details later once they are out

thanks for the info! been missing it since studying, but think will give it a go this time.

Is this natsu matsuri open to everyone?

Okashi wrote:

Is this natsu matsuri open to everyone?

Yes, everyone as long as u buy the tickets as mentioned in the earlier post...u can only buy it on the spot...the advance sale of tickets are reserved for the Japanese Association members

to add on,
here are the details for free shuttle bus service (not SBS bus no. 2)
From tanah merah mrt station EXIT B to the campus
btw 5pm to 7pm every 15 minutes

return trip
from the campus to tanah merah mrt station
7.30pm to 10pm every 15 minutes

look out for the bus with �čՂ�2004 sticker

if you have yukata but dont know how to wear, u can just bring it along, there would be volunteers to dress u up

here are the details for rental of yukata
4.30pm to 6.30pm
for those of u who needs help in wearing your own yukata, please also come at this time....i think they have separate queues for rental and wearing of own yukata


return rented yukata between 8.30pm to 9.40pm on the SAME day

there is a cleaning fee which u have to pay think abt $2
yukatas are while-stocks-last so be early if you wish to wear....esp ladies...guys wont have this supply problem since many of them are shy of wearing it

have fun!!

Waah! Sounds very insterestin *envious* Singaporean girls wearin yukatas
We don't have that kinda festival here, all they do is drink to silly in the festivals. Oh boy, talk about the "festivals", nothing much.

himitsu
If an article is written on the festival, pls provide a link to it. I'm really interested in the Japanese festival takin place in Singapore. Thanks!

Pemu wrote:

Waah! Sounds very insterestin *envious* Singaporean girls wearin yukatas We don't have that kinda festival here, all they do is drink to silly in the festivals. Oh boy, talk about the "festivals", nothing much. himitsu If an article is written on the festival, pls provide a link to it. I'm really interested in the Japanese festival takin place in Singapore. Thanks!

yup sure no problem.
will post if i can find one article later
will post pictures IF i manage to find out how to post pics
till now still yet to figure out

Apparently, i didnt make myself clear abt the event

For those of you who needs to buy the $6 tickets (meaning you are not a member of JAS and hence cannot buy the advanced tickets)
on the spot, the sale starts ONLY at 6pm......near to the entry point

the school's main gate would be opened much earlier and you are of course welcome to line up before 6pm to purchase the tickets....DO NOT expect them to start selling the tickets just because u went there early............go early (ie 5pm) so that when the ticket sale starts, you are the first few to buy....heh talking about being kiasu here

the yukata rental queue is DIFFERENT from the ticket queue
First-come-first-serve basis

in any case, you need to pay a cleaning fee (abt 2 dollars) for renting it....
i dont really know what is the mode of payment since i didnt manage to rent it last year. But if i didnt remember wrongly, we were asked to buy the tickets first (mentioned above) to pay for the cleaning fee, which was why my friends and i were split into 2 groups -- 1 grp to purchase the tickets, 1 grp for the yukata....

IF you are the lucky ones who somehow manage to get the $10 advance tickets, u can enter the field (which is where the actual event takes place) at 6PM via the entry point........since you have got the tickets, you can go early to rent the yukata....in short u have the priviledge to rent the yukata before anyone else!!

understand??

PS do not blame me for giving inaccurate information. Whatever information I know is from my friends in JAS and based on last year's experience
please do understand

^hi thanks for all the information!

Btw, I have my own yukata but am really clueless on how to wear it. So do I need to go early to have people help me wear it? Or do I need the tickets to get in first than they will help me wear it?

(And er..it's quite weird for people to help you wear something if you're not wearing something inside the yukata right? any advices?)

Haha heard about this event too.. sounds really interesting!! I feel like going there to have a look too, but none of my friends is interesed in going..
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crealism wrote:

^hi thanks for all the information! Btw, I have my own yukata but am really clueless on how to wear it. So do I need to go early to have people help me wear it? Or do I need the tickets to get in first than they will help me wear it? (And er..it's quite weird for people to help you wear something if you're not wearing something inside the yukata right? any advices?)

yes u can go early to ask them to help u to wear....
bt then again the queue for people with their own yukata is usually very short so u dont have to go there super early.... u dont need the tics to get in first before they help u wear.you can buy the tics after u wore ur yukata....

himitsu wrote:

yes u can go early to ask them to help u to wear.... bt then again the queue for people with their own yukata is usually very short so u dont have to go there super early.... u dont need the tics to get in first before they help u wear.you can buy the tics after u wore ur yukata....

Thanks! Any idea where I should go? Heheh sorry I'm very blur.. are you going and renting a yukata?

crealism wrote:

Thanks! Any idea where I should go? Heheh sorry I'm very blur.. are you going and renting a yukata?

no problem, i am glad to be of some help....if the venue for yukata did not change, it would be in the classrooms on the first floor . there would be signs to guide you. after walking past the main gate, you will reach the main building of the school, on your right side, you should see rows of classroom..there would be signs both in japanese and english to indicate which classroom do you go to.....after wearing your yukata, you may wish to proceed to the ticket queue.....if you are gog with frens, it might be faster if you take turns to queue for tickets while some of you go and wear your yukatas.......