internationalfestival – Muslimah Living In Japan

International Exchange Plaza in 2021!
Our team participated in International Exchange Plaza 2021, located in Tatsunokuchi Welfare Hall. We opened a food booth and also participated in the fashion show together with friends from various countries. The committee reported there were 539 people from 21 countries attended the event. Alhamdulillah. Thank you for your support and see you again in the next event inshaallah.

11月13日（土）辰口福祉会館で「国際交流ひろば」を開催しました！昨年は特別展のみの実施でしたが、今年は例年のように大きなお祭りができました。世界のファッションショー、世界のパフォーマンス、世界のテイクアウト、世界のワークショップ、世界のクイズ、プチフリマ、能美市のええもん市、もってけまあけっと（在住外国人向け食糧支援）などなど盛りだくさんの内容でした。総勢21か国539名の皆さんにご来場いただきました。たくさんのご来場ありがとうございました！

Indonesian booth preparation. Noodles, coffees and various handmade accessories!

Sister Sakai wearing traditional “kebaya” dress

YOUI booth have delicious curry and potato croquette.

On September 28, a large earthquake struck the Minahasa Peninsula, Indonesia. It was a shallow type of earthquake with 7.4 magnitude. Following the shock, there was a tsunami alert for the nearby location. It was reported that these combined disaster led to the death at least 2,100 people.

Sulawesi, and most area of Indonesia, lies within the complex zone of Ring of Fire, where many earthquake and volcanic eruptions occur. The same condition actually also apply to all Japan area, but Japan has already improved their emergency system so much comparing to Indonesia.

Strong feeling to help this situation, many social organizations from all around the globe has sent some help through providing temporary shelter, various foods and supplements, clean water, hygiene, and medical volunteers. Indonesian people who live abroad, also raising fund through several non-profit organizations or communities. For an instance, in Japan area, we can send donation to the local Indonesian student community, or directly to our relatives in Indonesia.

In Kanazawa, the capital city of Ishikawa Prefecture, there is also an organization which also collecting donation to Sulawesi earthquake, called Ishikawa Indonesia Friendship Association. This club differs from other Indonesian club, because its member consist of Japanese people who have a kind of association with Indonesia, even it is only small. For example, if you have been visited Indonesia for working, vacation, or any purposes, or if you like Indonesia, like Indonesian food, or culture, or you have a family related to Indonesia (spouse or any relatives). Further information about this club you may find here. This club opened a booth in Kanazawa International Friendship Festival in the early autumn (October 13~14, 2018). This festival was organized by Kanazawa International Exchange Foundation (KIEF) which was established in 1989.

[Multinational culture booths in the International Friendship Festival Kanazawa]

They also performed a very beautiful dance wearing traditional clothes from Bali, expressing how they are really love Indonesian culture. In this festival, we also met Mr. Seiji Matsui, a Japanese Muslim and his lovely wife sister Hikmah (Indonesian nationality) opened a food stall. Their stall was very crowded because they were serving a super delicious skewered lamb and chicken meat.