Port Vila, Vanuatu Vanuatu is a tropical paradise of 83 islands in the South Pacific. The population is 150,000, of which 80 percent are Melanesians, known as the Ni-Vanuatu people. Port Vila is set around a natural harbor. It is a potpourri of cultures, blending elements of Melanesian, English, French and Chinese tastes. Sri Lanka, Malaysia and India Sri Lanka, Malaysia and India will also have Festival sites.
Details are to be confirmed.
Japan Members in Japan will be hosts for an eight-day Feast at a retreat facility about an hour north of Tokyo by bullet train. This is close to the Nagano Winter Olympics site. The location has good Japanese and Western style accomodations. Plans call for worship services, seminars and small group meetings, plus hiking, refreshing dips in a natural hot spring, a visit to a Japanese park, and a pizza and barbecue party. An outreach activity is also being explored.