Sri Lanka Festival at Yoyogi Park

I went to the Sri Lanka Festival at Yoyogi park last week.

When I arrived at around 10:00 in the morning, it was already crowded and there was an appetizing aroma filling the air.

There were lots of booths like the Sri Lanka travel agency and black tea, but what I was really looking for was Sri Lankan food.

Sri Lanka is close to India so their food is mainly Curry but they also have BBQ Chicken and some Sri Lankan soul food.

At the special stage, they were teaching how to pour tea and showing Sri Lankan Terpsichorean art.

On another note,  there is a good story about the Ambassador of Sri Lanka.

After the March earthquake and tsunami, some Embassies closed and evacuated their Diplomats to Kansai. However,  the Sri Lankan Ambassador arrived in Tokyo as scheduled at the end of March to take up his post. He told the Sri Lankan people living in Japan to stay and help the Japanese people.

The Ambassador went to Fukushima in April and served curry to victims of the disaster.

It was highly unusual for an Ambassador to go to the affected area.

He said that Japan is a true friend that helped us when the Sumatra earthquake hit Sri Lanka.

I sincerely appreciate all the help from the Countries around the world.