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Japan Festival in MelbourneSunday 18th May 2008 – Box Hill Town Hall & Tafehttp://www.jcv.org.au/japanfestival/ I’ll take a little break from my Japan posts to report on…er…the Melbourne Japan Festival. Held last Sunday at the Box Hill Town Hall and TAFE, it is an annual celebration of all things Japanese. Amidst displays of bonsai, [...] Written by mellie on May 19th, 2008 | Tags: festivals, Japanese |  8 comments |  Print This Post |  Email This Post
When we were in Japan last year, we were lucky enough to coincide our visits with a number of matsuri (festivals). Our first such experience was in the township of Takayama, a quaint little village in the mountainous Hida region of the Gifu prefecture – five hours from Tokyo by train. [...] Written by mellie on April 24th, 2008 | Tags: festivals, Japan |  Leave a comment | Print This Post | Email This PostUmeda Sky Building 1-1 Chome, Oyodanaka, Kitaku, Osaka, Japan http://www.skybldg.co.jp/ (Japanese only) During our Japan trip in October 2007, we wanted to see both the old and the new, the traditional and the modern in Japanese architecture and culture. So, rather than check out just temples and traditional festivals, we also visited [...] Written by ElegantGourmand on March 2nd, 2008 | Tags: beer, festivals, Japan | Leave a comment | Print This Post | Email This Post
The food at the Melbourne Italian Festival at Federation Square last weekend was a lil’ unimpressive. There were only a handful stalls – one selling gnocchi napoli for $10 a plate (expensive?!). Another stall sold rolls with salami and cheese or porchetta, and one was roasting fresh chestnuts. I was perplexed. Where [...] Written by mellie on June 3rd, 2007 | Tags: festivals | 6 comments | Print This Post | Email This PostBuddha’s Day and Multicultural Festival was once again held at Federation Square (you can read about last years visit here). This time I paid less attention to the cultural activities and more to the the food activies. Well it was noon and we were hungry The first stall down by the yarra was [...] Written by mellie on May 20th, 2007 | Tags: festivals, vegetarian | 17 comments | Print This Post | Email This Post |
  
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