Japanese Womens Rugby / Toray Kids  / Chutairen

Wakuwaku Festival `99
わくわく祭り

If you like to dance `til you drop, this is the festival for you! In the middle of
the hot, humid Japanese summer everyone lets their hair down on the 31st of
August. This year about 70 groups did their own dance to the Wakuwaku song
for two hours in the early evening. I joined in the fun as part of the Nagaizumi
International Exchange Association`s team. And yes, it was a heap of fun!
By the way, the word "Wakuwaku" means to "Bubble over with energy !
 
The boys and girls of the International Exchange Association. There might be some
familiar faces for Wanganui people.....especially the Takada "twosome" at the front!


Show `em how it`s REALLY done Simon!

He got the gold! No, not olympic gold. "Gambatteru" gold!
It`s the "going for it and giving it heaps" gold medal.