The school festival at Hokkaido University was awesome! For Vancouver folks, its sort of like our Chinese night market in Richmond in terms of yummy food stalls. Except instead of being in a warehouse/parking lot area, the school festival is of course, on the beautiful grounds of the University. Food was cheap, plentiful, and delicious. Approx. 2-3 dollars for most things like green tea ice cream crepe, takoyaki, mashed potato and cheese doreyaki. A lot of people dress up as well, to try and get the crowd to visit their stalls. Although there was a lot of people, the festival is stretched over quite a distance so it never feels too crowded and you never have to wait too long for food.
Being a school festival, parts of the school and classrooms are open to the public to see performances and work by students. It's a lot of fun, and great PR for the school too. I wish we had something like this back home! Yummy food, great atmosphere, and cross-dressing. Yay!

The person on the far right in a school girl outfit is actually a guy. But he can pull it off! Cute. The other day at Yosakoi there was a big older man who definitely could not pull off his wig, skimpy dress, and heels. Ech.

Girl in a Rilakkuma costume :D