Cultural Exchange Event at International Residence hall Annex/举办我校甲府交流会馆的留学生与该地区居民的交流会

　Annual cultural exchange event for international students and the local community (Members of Iwakubo Resident’s Association) was held at International Residence Hall Annex on Saturday, Nov. 23 2019.
　This was the 16th event and nearly 200 people including Mr. Yuichi Higuchi, the Mayor of Kofu City, and Dr. Yoshiyuki Sugiyama, the Executive Director and vice president of University of Yamanashi took part in the event.
　International students introduced their cultures by entertaining community members with their hand-made dishes. There were 26 kinds of dishes from 11 countries (China, Pakistan, Malaysia, Germany, U.K., France etc.), and all these traditional dishes were so much tasty.
　As the highlight of the event, international students experienced Mochi-tsuki (pounding steamed sticky rice into rice cake) with the kind guidance by the members of Iwakubo Resident’s Association.
　After enjoying the mochi, participants enjoyed chorus by the international students as well as traditional dram performance by Iwakubo Resident’s Association. It was such a heart-warming day that further strengthened the tie between international students and local community.

　令和元年11月23日（星期六），在我校甲府交流会馆ANNEX，举办了留学生们与岩漥自治会等地域的居民们的交流会，包括我校学生、教职员在内共约有200名参加者。
　该交流会每年都举行，目的是通过留学生与地区居民的交流活动，建立彼此信赖的关系，同时通过饮食来加深对不同文化的理解。
　今年是第16次交流会，交流会上提供了来自孟加拉国、中国、法国、德国、马达加斯加、马来西亚、蒙古、巴基斯坦、斯里兰卡、泰国、英国等11个国家的传统料理，参加者们相互介绍了自己的料理和当地文化，气氛十分和睦。
　打年糕活动是交流会的主要项目，在自治会居民们的细心指导下，留学生们在响亮的口号声中体验打年糕，对打好的年糕啧啧称赞。
　另外，当天在杉山俊之理事・副校长，以及樋口雄一甲府市长的致辞之后，留学生们献上合唱，岩漥自治会的居民们表演了太鼓演奏，度过了非常快乐的一天。