“Boubra Matsri” was held at Kasuga Elementary School on Saturday, August 8. “Boubura Matsuri” is the local festival sponsored by Kasuga community. “Boubra” means pumpkins in Kumamoto dialect. In the old days, many pumpkins called Boubura were grown in Kasuga and they were feature of this district. There are words “Kasuga Boubradon” in “Otemoyan” a traditional folk song in Kumamoto.

Boubura Matsuri is held on the second Saturday in August every year. It started in 2003. I have joined it as a volunteer staff since three years ago. I made yakisoba this year. It was the first time for me to work at a food stall, so I was excited and a little uneasy.

I will show you how to make yakisoba. First, oil on the iron plate and grill meat, then, add cut cabbages and been sprouts. Shake pepper and salt when the vegetables became soft. After that, put noodles and sauce and mix well. The taste was….. just so-so.

Making yakisoba was fun for me, but I felt very very hot. Because the fat often spat while I was making yakisoba. I wore a T-shirt and a short pants then. I made a bad choice in my clothes.

When I put off my clothes at home after the festival, I found my skin turned red with sunburn. It was to have been expected because I worked under the burning sun in a tank top many hours to prepare for the festival. I experienced the tortures of hell. The pain continued for a week.

Anyway, I enjoyed the festival. I am planning to appear on the stage and perform something next year.



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