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Japan Highlights from Tuesday June 20!

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!

A day of small group visits, calligraphy, origami, games and practicing English for the Japanese students. A great day!

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Horufina Junior High School Welcome Assembly

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!

A great morning making new friends and feeling very special with all the attention! They performed for us; we performed for them. A good time was had by all:

After the assembly, the students engaged in a scavenger hunt of sorts and then had a delicious lunch. BY late afternoon, we were visiting the mayor of Kita City!

A great day! Tomorrow… more school visits!

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Arriving in Tokyo and Meeting Host Families…

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!

We finally arrived to Tokyo Station after a two hour train ride from Kyoto. Students were nervous and excited to meet their host families and many adorable reunions occurred. This morning we are off on our first school visit! More to follow!

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Day #3 Kyoto: Life lessons: How to Write a Postcard; How to Tie a Tie!

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!

Students learned how to write a postcard: where to put the message, the address and the stamp. This was a bigger chore than we realized. We spent the first half of the day visiting the Kyomizu Temple; then we headed to the Kyoto Station for the bullet train ride to Tokyo and our Welcome Meeting with the host families! While in the train station, students changed and the boys learned how to tie their ties!! We are on the bullet train and very excited about meeting the host families in a few hours. More to follow…

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A full day of visiting Hiroshima and then back to Kyoto for evening and dinner…

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!

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We took the bullet train back and forth to Hiroshima. It was a sobering visit and the students were very respectful of our volunteer tour guides at the Peace Park, one of whom was a survivor of the bombing at … Continue reading →

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Our morning in Hiroshima has begun…

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!

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A great first day of fun in Kyoto…

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Kathleen McNamara Head's Up!

Many, many adventures. Our students were very popular with the Japanese school groups who were visiting many of the same sights that we were visiting. We saw:

Kinkakuji Temple, Ryoanji Temple, Kyoto Craft Center, Heian Shrine, Nijo Castle. We also walked through some amazing gardens and saw some very hungry fish!

A great first day!