tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20495619180636100042024-03-13T03:27:41.044-07:00Japan, November 2016Ms. Parhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00214581974020203498noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2049561918063610004.post-84179440695510487062016-11-18T00:49:00.001-08:002016-11-18T00:49:42.851-08:00Jenn's Blog on 11/17<div style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">
Today was our first school day at Shintoku high-school; located in Nichinan of Miyazaki. Nichinan is a very rural town where one can see beautiful greenery all around. </div>
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At the school, we CGS students introduced ourselves to the entire student body while being broadcasted on local television. We were all a little nervous but it went away as the students enjoyed our introductions and asked us questions. </div>
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Throughout the school day we had lessons some with the Japanese students like math, english classes where we talked to the students in english. The lessons were things like Japanese calligraphy and math. We even joined our host families for lunch, which was delicious.</div>
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After school we went to our host family to join in cleaning which involved sweeping classrooms and then went to homeroom.</div>
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The students were very welcoming and even let us see the archery and volleyball club during practice.</div>
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Going home to my host family today was very enjoyable, they took me out to dinner where I ate karaage and shoyu ramen. Then they took me out for something sweet to eat at Mcdonald's. At home, my host family began to teach me some kanji and easy ways to learn and remember simple ones. </div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17pt;">Yesterday was amazing. My host sister brought me to Tokyo Disneyland with one of her friend and his homestay, Tom. I was amazed and impressed with the resort; Disneyland was much, much better than I had imagined it to be. It was almost like its own city-state, with different neighborhoods nestled up right next to each other. The attention to detail was superb, and really helped set the right mood. Although the lines were all very long, it was worth it, and we all got used to long waits. I bought nice souvenirs there and packed them in my large suitcase to be sent away. Disneyland was great fun, though it has ruined all other amusement parks for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17pt;">After that, my host family -- ever generous and accommodating -- brought me to a sushi restaurant because they knew I like sushi. The wait, however, was too long, so we ended up just buying sushi to go and heading back to the house to eat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText"; font-size: 17pt;">All in all, yesterday was a very fun day.</span></div>
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Sean Driscollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935004948324808655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2049561918063610004.post-39598309961803361032016-11-16T13:52:00.000-08:002016-11-16T13:52:26.829-08:00Eliza's Blog on 11/16<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">We left our hotel at 5:45 to get an early start to the day. Many of us were sleepy as we stood outside in the dark, waiting for the bus to pick us up and take us to the ferry. Many of us slept on the ferry while others listened to music. The waves were extremely pretty as well as the mountains in the distance. After about two hours we finally got to port where we took another bus ride to the train station. Here we bought lunches from a large store that had many different kinds of food and 'obentos' or box lunches. I had their chocolate croissants which were delicious. When then got on a train and rode for two to three hours to another train station where we then got on another train that we rode for about an hour to Miyazaki. The scenery was beautiful and the building looked much more traditional Japanese style. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Once we got to school we had a breif orientation and was given our schedules. Finally we got to meet our second host siblings. To my surprise, my host’s mother and father also came. Both were extremely nice, however they didn't fully understand or speak English, therefore forcing me to use my Japanese to try and communicate which worked out pretty well for the most part. We picked up dinner from a tasty resturant called ‘Hotto Motto’ before going to church. My host family is Christian like I am and tonight they happened to have bible study. The church was wooden and looked very traditional. We ate our dinner before relaxing. At the study we started by singing religious songs such as ‘Amazing Grace’ in Japanese. I introduced myself in Japanese and they said a prayer for my safety before starting. At the end of it they let me keep one of the choir books. It was a long tiring day but it was a lot of fun. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sent from my iPhone</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2049561918063610004.post-39948114083232518922016-11-16T04:49:00.001-08:002016-11-16T04:49:20.645-08:00Meeting with Shintoku High School hosting students<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2049561918063610004.post-82714204424486464772016-11-16T04:37:00.002-08:002016-11-16T04:41:30.546-08:00Jhazmin's Blog on 11/14<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">On Monday, After taking a short flight to the southern part of Japan, we took a ferry to Yakushima. It was of course warm which my friends and I were partially surprised at. </span><br />
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However we were treated to a beautiful and extravagant dinner. Afterwards my friends and I went to the gift shop and the public bath. In my room we all went to sleep early sleeping on futons. No one wanted to sleep on the beds they had for us. We slept comfortably and woke up early for the following day.<br />
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText-Semibold"; font-size: 17pt; font-weight: bold;">Sadly today we had to say goodbye to the wonderful people who hosted us, their families, teachers, and the beautiful landscape of Tokyō. Everyone took their trains to school with the sadness of knowing it was our last times. We got to school and everyone all started mingling immediately. Bunkyō students as well as CGS students all getting along and speaking each other's native languages. We were all laughing about something whether it was while trying to figure out other words to say in order to explain things we couldn't say in Japanese or English, or making weird hand gestures to explain things. After our sad hug and tear filled departure, we made our way onto the empty train which was a rare sighting for this trip. We made our way through the crowded train station up and down the stairs with all of our heavy suitcases while finding our way around. We took an hour long flight to Kagoshima which everyone dozed off during making it short and painless. When we got to Kagoshima, there was a street festival going on that we got to watch while walking to our hotel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: ".SFUIText-Semibold"; font-size: 17pt; font-weight: bold;">That night we had a few hours to walk around a mall within a train station. It was all lit up outside with beautiful Christmas lights and a tree made of light bulbs. After being lost in the mall for a good hour, a few boys that obviously knew their way around, nicely had to guide us in the direction of actual food while being stranded on a floor of clothing. After a long day of travel and finding our ways around the mall and Kagoshima, everyone went to bed awaiting what was next on the agenda for our trip to Yakushima.</span></div>
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Japan has been great so far and today was very fun. Unfortunately, it was our last full day with our host sisters from Bunkyo high school. Before we left to do our final activities with each other, we had a farewell party. All of the girls from the junior classes came and we ate Japanese and American snacks, played a pretty competitive game of musical chairs, and performed a song and dance for the Bunkyo students. After that, a group of us decided to go to Harajuku. This is a very famous part of Tokyo. When we got there, it was like a sea of people. With twelve of us in the group, it was very difficult to stay together! First we took Purikura (Japanese photo booth that makes everyone look adorable), then we went and bought cotton candy that was a gigantic cone of rainbow larger than our heads. It took all twelve of us to eat it! If we hadn't had enough sugar already, after that we went and bought crepes. I had a chocolate and strawberry one. Other people also bought bubble tea. It was delicious! After that, our hosts showed us around Harajuku. We went to many stores including the Sanrio store where we bought cute items from our favorite characters. Harajuku is filled with bright lights, bustling people, and tons of stores that are selling adorable goods. The main thing that I noticed about Harajuku was how unique everyone was. In America, people often look similar and all have the same style. In Japan, and especially Harajuku, everyone dresses in a way that they feel expresses themselves. I saw so many different fashions while shopping today. There were people with bows all over their clothes, people wearing pants with very wide legs and platform shoes, and even some girls dressed in Lolita style. They had purple hair, gigantic puffy skirts, and teddy bear backpacks. They also wore big blue contact lenses. I thought it was cool that everyone accepts other people's styles. Nobody was getting stared at. I noticed that there doesn't seem to be one particular way of dressing that is vey popular, everyone just wears what they like best. It was great for me because I got to see so many cute outfits! </div>
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<br />Sean Driscollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935004948324808655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2049561918063610004.post-76063975645351230792016-11-11T16:02:00.001-08:002016-11-11T16:02:40.138-08:0011/11 Tabitha's blog and the photos<span style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Today, we put on kimonos. We were able to choose a color and some teachers helped us to get dressed. There are many layers and parts to a kimono, and it took a long time to put on. Many of the parts go around the torso, which acts like a corset. It helps make us look skinnier and fixes out posture. We learned that long sleeves meant we weren't married, and short sleeves meant you were. We also had special socks called TABI, which separated the big toe from the other toes so they could be worn with wooden sandals. After putting on the kimonos, we learned how to greet people. We learned how to kneel down, bow, and stand back up (which I found very difficult, so it must take LOTS of practice). There's a specific way to do each one of these actions, and there are 3 different kinds of greetings depending on how formal you want to be. They differ by how much you bend and how much of your hands are on the ground. The ladies really do deserve a lot of respect, being able to do all this so perfectly when they can barely breathe. Nonetheless, we all had a lot of fun, even though it was quite difficult.</span><br />
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Today all seven of us took our first tea ceremony class. There, we learn basic tea manners. It was a traditional Japanese style room; with a tatami floor where we had to sit on our feet. And all of us weren't used to it but it was okay once the lesson had started.</div>
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There was a tray in front of us that had a bowl with ま茶; green tea, and a wagamoshi a kind of Japanese sweet made from anko; bean paste. One of the teachers came around to pour hot water into the bowls; where we had to stir the tea quickly until foam appeared. Then we moved the foam to the right of the bowl. After the tea was made, we cut the wagamoshi with a bamboo made utensil into fourths. We could only eat one, and then drink some of the tea. Then we were able to eat all of it, using one paper to clean the utensil and then putting the garbage somewhere in our clothes so we could throw it out at home. There was even a fan at the side that separated your space from your neighbors and acted like a fence.</div>
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I really enjoyed it as did everyone, since we couldn't stop talking about it afterwards.</div>
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Now we all know what to do if we have guests over and what to do and what not to do at someone's place.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2049561918063610004.post-58929108259855694942016-11-10T23:25:00.002-08:002016-11-10T23:25:27.326-08:00Tom writes...<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Today, we went to school. Again. I went on a trip to get away from school, and I'm sent to school. Only joking. Everything I say is a lie... Oh wait...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Anyways, today was International Pocky Stick Day. That was fun, since we got to eat Pocky Sticks. Also, we (as in the eight of us American students) were pulled out of normal class to go to a calligraphy class. We were given several kanji to choose from. Oh, by the way, "kanji" are Chinese characters that have been made to represent sounds rather than words. I did kaze (wind) and yume (dream). The other ones were load, god, rainbow, and love. Wow. My aim at first for this report was to be dynamic, but I sound booooring. Well, we went back to class and continued with our day. I worked on homework and stuff. The day ended and I went to the room that we all go to after school. Sean Sensei told me I am writing the "blog" post, and here I am now.</span>Sean Driscollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935004948324808655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2049561918063610004.post-22542541830650978042016-11-10T22:31:00.004-08:002016-11-10T22:31:57.411-08:00Kojo Uniforms!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<br />Sean Driscollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935004948324808655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2049561918063610004.post-52977673339885709122016-11-10T22:27:00.003-08:002016-11-10T22:27:34.180-08:00Nick writes...<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Today was a regular school day for us but before we went to our classes with our host brother/sister we had to introduce ourselves to the whole school. We had to say our name, age and grade, hobby, what we like about Japan, and what we want to do in Japan. Katelan said a speech to the whole school then Sean Sensei said a speech. After that we all answered the questions above. We were all worried and very nervous. Most of us had them memorized and some of is went up with a paper. Then they asked each of us questions which were kind of odd. For example what is your favorite Japanese word. After all that we went to the classes. In my math class we weren't aloud to wear shoes. We took them off in front of the door and put them on the shelf. We had math twice. Once in the morning and once at the end of the day. Some classes the teachers gave us work to do. I really didn't understand because it was all in Kanji. After school was done we stayed for clubs. CGS students made mochi and it tasted great. </span>Sean Driscollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935004948324808655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2049561918063610004.post-34622609045397666192016-11-10T22:25:00.001-08:002016-11-10T22:25:37.429-08:00Bob writes...<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Two days ago, the CGS homestay students arived in Japan, and our experiences that day can only be summated with one word: Cleetus. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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14 hour plane ride. 2 and a half hours of bussing... over an hour of walking...half the group passed our time by brainstorming the most redneck name humanly imaginable. Yeah, we hit a couple lows...</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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Yesterday was a completely different experience!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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Fresh off an average of 3 hours of sleep the night before, we were pumped. Doug'll probably give himself a stroke when he sees this, but we were so glad to not be in. plane. Anyways, our adventures in Japanese brought us to Odaiba for the experience of a lifetime... well, many of them. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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From our experiences so far with the great and powerful Mrs. Bilodeau, resident CGS history whiz, we knew Japan isn't very accepting of foreigners... well, we were wrong. Pleasantly so. It's not so much foreigners that throws of the Japanese sense of harmony than it is outsiders. Yesterday's trip gave us the opportunity to contribute to Japan's harmonic lifestyle, even as foreigners.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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I could try to describe it untill I'm blue in the thumbs (hey, at least my host family has wifi), but I don't think I could get the point across with words. So... picture this:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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Our group mingling with the eb and flow of Japanese commuting -- </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
The peaceful sway of everybody clinging to their handholds for dear life as the train turned a bend... </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Our feet stomping in unison in a cacophony of footsteps which all merged into </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
a single beat... step... step... thud... step... thud... </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Our smiles, laughter, and curious faces resonating with Japanese tourists around us. In a museum, every visitor is the best kind of tourist-- curious, eager to learn, and damn well confused about which way to go. (Seriously... there was so much to do that pathfinding was more confusing than the interractive quantum physics exhibits and insect-driven mechs. They had those, by the way.)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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Let me tell you, we felt that last part as hard as any of the Japanese there. In a way, it made us feel included. (Or maybe it was the English translations on all the exhibits and the gigantic globe. Meh, I'm not one to fuss) Everybody connected, at least a little, on a spiritual level when we gawked at the androids. Geez, those things were creepy... like, bottom of the uncanny valley creepy (that's a thing, google it).</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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Allow me to end with this: The sights were beautiful, the fun was boundless, and the feelings of unison were priceless. I can preach all I want, but the museum trip was a must have experience. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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p.s. we also saw a giant non-insect-powered mech guarding a really good food court </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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p.s.s. Jules, James, and I went on a 2km taiyaki run in Yokohama... we were unsuccessul :(</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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⁃ Robert Kovach (Or Bob. Bob works) </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
</span>Sean Driscollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04935004948324808655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2049561918063610004.post-8834357951061674962016-11-10T00:15:00.000-08:002016-11-10T00:15:01.398-08:00First full day in Bunkyo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Let me preface this by saying that I am in NO way, shape, or form a "good picture taker..." But, it is part of my job description, so here goes nothing!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aren't they adorable?!?!? This was taken in our "homeroom" on Wednesday morning before our field trip to Odaiba and Yokohama. I will (if I remember) take a picture of them tomorrow in their uniforms-before they give their self intro speech in front of the entire school- just so you can see the difference!! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got a chance to meet up with the Bunkyo group for a hot minute at the Miraikan and a mall at Odaiba. This is Gundam, a transformer-like robot that does cool stuff apparently. Not this actual one, but the cartoon/anime version...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So we lied, we actually just went to NYC. Kidding! For some reason, they have an SOL replica near the mall- it is about 1/50th the size... That is the Rainbow Bridge in the background- quite famous. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We then took our Kojo bus to the Cup O' Noodles museum in Yokohama. So cool! What you see in the picture above and below are your kids making their own cup noodle! Well, decorating the cup for now...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That is Takeda Sensei on the left, he is the coordinator on Kojo's end. As you can see, he is rocking his McMahon gear.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Again, you were warned about my picture taking skills.... This is where you pump the bag full of air so the Styrofoam container does not break. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dekimashita! Our ramen cup is ready to go! But, we were warned not to eat it for a month...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The history of ramen- yes, this place is no joke... That is enough salt for 10 lifetimes!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The man himself, Mr. Momofuku Ando.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And finally, the Nippon Maru. She was apparently a training ship for the Japanese Navy, until retiring in Yokohama Harbor about 30 years ago- after 50 years at sea!<br />
So, stay tuned, there will be much more to come- including individual blogs from the students themselves!</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Japan has been an amazing place so far and I have only been here for two days. My host family is very kind and I like living with them. My host sister Nanako-San is very nice and tries to speak to me as much as possible. Her younger sister is very cute and energetic and her older brother is very funny. Nanako-San’s mother is also very nice and she makes delicious food such as Takoyaki (octopus balls). </span><span class="contextualExtensionHighlight ms-font-color-themePrimary ms-border-color-themePrimary ident_408_524" role="button" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: rgb(219 , 98 , 108); color: #db626c; cursor: pointer; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;" tabindex="0">In America, we typically eat foods such as eggs and sausages and this morning my host mother made eggs and sausages.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> However, in Japan, we also ate foods such as Miso soup and rice. It was much more complex to get to school than back home. At home I just take the van to school but in Japan we rode a bike, then we went on three different trains before walking the rest of the way to school. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">After getting to school, I had to say goodbye to Nanako-San as we were going on a field trip to Odaiba. In Odaiba we went to the Miraikan museum, a museum about the various technologies that are being invented to better our world. I found this very amazing and the museum was very fun and interactive. We also saw a movie about the theory of everything that was very amazing and interesting. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: , "segoe ui" , "segoe wp" , "tahoma" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">After we came back to school, Nanako-San took me to Akihabara where I was able to buy anime merchandise. After that we took the train back home and rode our bikes home. It was fun but also a little frightening. When we got home she helped me with my Japanese homework while I helped her with English. Nanako-San and her family took me out to eat sushi. It was a lot better than the sushi we have in America. All in all, it was a very fun day and I am excited to see what I get to experience tomorrow. - Eliza</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2049561918063610004.post-33136855015058109862016-11-09T01:47:00.001-08:002016-11-09T01:47:04.360-08:00big smile with host sisters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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