American Day

American Day- June 6 and 7, 2009


In front of Japanese food booths



The entire street was closed for this event



Mini train in front of the civic center


Japanese food booths

Looks like ice cream in a cone paper?? hehehe



French fries with mini hotdogs



Pancakes with beans inside


Mini Octopus for tako yaki






Tank display




Japanese ladies carrying their transparent umbrellas going to American food booths



Tennesee booth


American food booths


A lot of people in American booths

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The 21st annual American Day festival was held last weekend, June 6 and 7. Every year Misawa Air Base hosts this event to share with Japanese locals the American culture and to strengthen the relationship of both countries. Last April was Japan Day and now it's American Day.

Despite the rain, there were still many people went to this event. Unfortunately I missed the parade and the concert. There were long lines on the American food booths, I noticed that Japanese locals bought a lot of hot dogs, hamburgers and chips while Americans were buying Japanese street food :-)

The photos above were taken last Sunday. I was there last Saturday but we didn't stay very long due to heavy rain. We got wet and most of the booths were not set-up yet and we ended up eating lunch in the food court of the BX (base exchange).

I didn't get the chance to take photos of American food, nothing unusual, they're actually the popular ones which we always buy in the food court on base: hotdogs in buns, hamburgers, steaks, nachos and chips, cakes, cookies and more. I was eager to see more of Japanese exotic food to share here in my blog.

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