Earlier this month, Wellesley’s Japan Club hosted its annual Yuki Matsuri (Snow Festival) event in Tishman Commons. It was a night filled with delicious Japanese food, wonderful performances, and fun games and activities!
Our own Japanese TA, Misaki Mukai, along with Beginning Japanese students and our Chinese TA Jenny Huang, performed a sang and danced to the song “We Are” from the popular anime One Piece. The idea to perform something began due to a question Misaki was asked by a JPN 102 student using new grammar concepts she had learned earlier that day:「先生、雪祭りで一緒にワンピースのパフォーマンスをしませんか？」 (“Teacher, shall we perform ONEPIECE together at Yukimatsuri?”)
Misaki said this about the performance: “It became a great opportunity for them to learn more Japanese from One Piece. Thank you, Japan Club, for letting us perform!”
Thank you to all Wellesley students and faculty for coming out to support the representation of Japanese culture on our campus! We hope to see you at next year’s Yuki Matsuri.
Tishman Commons was packed at Yuki Matsuri.
Misaki and Jenny with JPN 102 students in costume for their performance!
Everyone in the middle of singing and dancing to “We Are”!