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Our visit to the fire staion.
Tomoko Asao showing Monica and Stacy an art show at the city center.
Touring with many of our friends.
The manager of restaurant Hakata with his gift from Stacy. Such good food.
Okamura, Narita, Suzuki, and Junko sending us on our way at the Shinkansen station.
A special wall for their friends in California
WELCOME HOME!
With Mayor Kuno
Jasmine and Narita-san
On the bullet train
Meeting with Katsu-san
Ready to board the train to Kansai Airport
With the ticket master
I know it's in here somewhere
Our flight is leaving an hour late, so we will arrive at SFO later than schedule.
Mother riding her bicycle (way too fast for me to get a good photo) with a baby in front and toddler in back
Game show night , our first night in Tobishima with everyone and their host families
Keeping score for the volleyball game
What's for breakfast? Some of the foods we want to try to find at home
Principal Manabu Inden in the cafeteria with students
Masaki-san and Sato-san, his neighbor
Visiting with the Yasui-san family
The Meiko West Bridge
Have a good shopping!
Drinking from the springs at the temple of Kiyomizu dera
Taking a break in Kyoto
Amazing two-sided ceramic vessel at the Art Center
At the Art Center
Temple in Kyoto
Temple walls with 5 lines mark the temples of highest rank
Riding the bus
Daimyo mark on wall at Nagoya Castle. The daimyos were powerful lords of feudal Japan.
Rice field in Tobishima. Rice, leeks, and spinach are major crops in Tobishima.
Dinner at the local restaurant Fukuoka. We tried everything!
A t-shirt gift from our chef at Hakata restaurant.
Handa-san and Yamada-san at the Amananbu Fire Department.
Training at the fire department.
Ready to go!
Checking out the cool stuff.
Volunteer fire fighters.
We spent a wonderful day going around Nagoya and Tobishima Village with our host families.
Stacy and the Yamada host family
Masaki and Junko Matsushita Stacy and Monica's host family
Our group at Ohsu Kan-non Temple in Nagoya
Waffle fish with bean paste
At Nagoya Castle
With all our host families and Nagoya Castle in the background
Charlie with Saki Ohashi and Yuki and Toshinori Ishikawa his host family
Handa-san with the boys
Nagoya Castle at the moat
Samurai warrior at Nagoya Castle
Jared and friends
Ayabe girls having an ice cream
Alex and Mecedes enjoying ice cream too
The Tobishima Community center with pool, library, childrens center, gym, art gallery and that is a whale sculpture.
Monica and Junko after a spring roll cooking lesson
Today we went to the beautiful new Tobishima Gauken Elementary/Junior High School that opened earlier this year. As we entered the welcome sign greeted us. It was exciting to meet the students and take photos. In science class students were building solar powered vehicles. Everyone had the opportunity to help in the English class.
It was fun to experience a typical Japanese school lunch. And time for another group picture with students. All the student are proud of their new school and have the responsibility to keep the school clean.
After checking out of our hotel, we traveled by high-speed train from Kyoto to Nagoya Station then by local train to Tobishima Village. From the station we went by bus for a warm welcome at City Hall by Mayor Kuno, city staff, and host families.
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