Report from Japan

Asian City Festival 2000

 

[Tokyo] On November 18 and 19, the "Asian City Festival 2000" was held at Hibiya Park near the Imperial Palace. This Festival was created for the purpose of gathering people from various Asian countries together, promoting friendship, and introducing Asia to people from around the world. Each participating country's folk dances and music were announced on stage, while specialties and delicious foods were provided at booths.

Fellow initiates serve as volunteers in collecting and sorting garbage at the venue.

Japanese fellow practitioners set up two booths, one to display Master's books and videotapes, and the other to serve vegetarian foods. The booth for Master's books and videotapes was beautifully decorated, to introduce Master, and videotape lectures by Master in Japan were televised.

At the booth for vegetarian foods, spring rolls, dumplings with vegetable stuffing, breads and cakes, which had been prepared one week before the Festival, were sold out.

Japanese fellow initiates participate in the Asian City Festival 2000 to introduce Master's teachings.

In addition, we also served as volunteers for the event, and were in charge of collecting and sorting garbage, as well as guiding cars in the parking area.

For the festival, all of the working initiates wore 'Happy Yogi' vests designed by Master, which served as a uniform. We did our best to introduce Master's teachings and the vegetarian diet at this event.