So, first things, first...where is the German beer? The advertisement boasted a traditional Biergarten that opened at 4pm. We got there at 5pm and they were down two two flavors of beer. Unfortunately, I missed the picture opportunity, but the beer girls were wearing vests over their shirts showing lots of cleavage, like a St. Pauli girl. You can almost see it in this picture of Nate and Takuma odering beer.
Below, Kris, Yukari, and Takuma are enjoying the tasty German beer. And what would a German fest be without a bit of martial arts? They were serving bratwurst, but ran out by the time we got there and all that was left was some chicken kebab, but they ran out of that as well. By the time we went for our second beer, they were nearly out. We got the last ones of the day. I guess the Japanese organizers should have been thinking a bit more German, but at least we got two German beers each!
We watched a film by a German film maker starring local market people and then a few short films that were part of a new film maker project on Okinawa. Our friend, Megumi, made a movie about her research in the ocean. It was a lot of fun!
Perhaps the funniest thing about the festival was the "German Chinsuko." Chinsuko is an Okinawa cookie often given as souvenir's after traveling. I'm not sure what makes these ones German, other than the label. They were tasty though!
Since we missed out on the bratwurst we all went to a Thai restaurant for dinner after the festival. Seemed like the perfect end to the German festival on Okinawa!
When is Iris Fest?
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