Hamby Adventures in Japan

This past weekend was busy setting up for the Bazaar and the Bazaar itself. The idea behind the Bazaar is to raise money for the flood victims in the Philippines with half the proceeds going toward the school that educates Filipino children who fall outside the realm of government education. All week I helped make some delicious curry, all I did was stir, stir, and stir some more to ensure the curry did not burn. Saturday we turned the Nagoya Youth Center into a huge Bazaar. We had rooms for kids insdie and a few things set up outside for them as well. We had a few rooms inside set up with different house wares and three tents set up outside which took an hour to put up and ten minutes to take down.
Almost everything was sold and we almost ran out of food. We had one room full of foods from around the world all made from scratch. Outside we had food and some Japanese Soda. The soda is sealed with a glass ball. You take a little plastic piece and push down popping the glass ball down. They told me the ball also prevents you from drinking the soda quickly. The ball did not stop me as I downed two of them and will be on the look out for more of this tasty beverage.
I ran the drink table with the two in the picture with me at the top of this post. We sold juice, tea, coffee, and even a little cake. I became the expert coffee maker and when they asked if we made coffee the same way in the states I tried to explain how a “regular” coffee maker worked. The whole Bazaar raised about $4,500 for the school and the flood victims. The key to getting so many people was the word of mouth and how many consecutive years this bazaar has been running.
After cleaning the whole place up we had a meeting about how the bazaar went and to introduce new faces that helped. They called it tea time but tea time includes all the leftover food and candies. I was exhausted but everything went for a good cause and things here in Nagoya should begin to get into a routine. I am off to explore around a bit more and go further away from the Youth Center. Every time I go out I find something new and learn something else about Japan. Look back here this week for some more updates and some quirky things I have picked out.