Yesterday I went to the Japanese Matsuri Festival in Spitalfields, near Liverpool Street, which featured Japanese art, crafts, food, and various performances. Apparently this festival was held in honour of 150 years of Anglo-Japanese relations.
To say that this event was mobbed from the early afternoon is a major understatement. In hindsight – which we all know is a great thing – the organisers should have arranged to have the stalls spread out over the whole Spitalfields area, not just a section of it.
It’s a shame that it was so popular as I was absolutely looking forward to trying some of the Japanese delicacies on offer. However the queues for any sort of food and drink were humongous and I had no intention of queuing up for 45 minutes so... it’ll have to be next time. Lesson learnt – never brave this sort of events on an empty tummy!
It was also very nice to meet up with Eva and Mark. We bumped into some of our colleagues and their partners and had a nice chat with them. Altogether it was a very pleasant way of spending a sunny afternoon in London.
To say that this event was mobbed from the early afternoon is a major understatement. In hindsight – which we all know is a great thing – the organisers should have arranged to have the stalls spread out over the whole Spitalfields area, not just a section of it.
It’s a shame that it was so popular as I was absolutely looking forward to trying some of the Japanese delicacies on offer. However the queues for any sort of food and drink were humongous and I had no intention of queuing up for 45 minutes so... it’ll have to be next time. Lesson learnt – never brave this sort of events on an empty tummy!
It was also very nice to meet up with Eva and Mark. We bumped into some of our colleagues and their partners and had a nice chat with them. Altogether it was a very pleasant way of spending a sunny afternoon in London.
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