Japan Club bake sale brings culture to Marshall’s campus

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Baily Turner

The Japan Club had a bake sale Monday to expose students to Japanese culture.

Marshall University’s Japan Club hosted a bake sale Monday that will continue Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Memorial Student Center.

The Japan Club members decided to bring some Japanese culture and baked goods to Marshall’s campus by offering students onigiri and mochi cakes.

“I decided to try a mochi cake for a dollar instead of paying for my usual snack at the Student Center,” junior Kaitlin Wallace said. “It was pretty good.”

All baked goods were made by the Japan Club members and are being sold for one dollar each to help raise money for club events.

“We just wanted to raise money for the club since we don’t have a lot of funding,”  junior Chris Erhard said.

Erhard said the event he most looks forward to is Japan Day, which is a day dedicated to Americans and Japanese students joining together.

“We get to cook American and Japanese food together and swap cultures,” Erhard said. “We invite others to come play games, eat and have fun.”

Aside from baked goods, the Japan club is also selling both English and Japanese movies as a fundraiser for the group.

Baily Turner can be contacted at [email protected].