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Today was my last full day in Japan.  We had presentations until 2:30 today and were free after that to make our last shopping trip or visit some part of Tokyo.  Karen and I went to visit another temple.  This time we went to Zojoji.  This was a large temple.  I’ll have to add photos [...]

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Today we went to visit a school for students with physical and intellectually disabilities.  It was really nice to see the kids.  We were not allowed to take pictures.  The school seemed to be very similar to our SID/PID classes in the states with the exception of student/teacher ratio.  It was almost 1/1.  We then [...]

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I am now back in Tokyo from my trip to Kiryu.  I have completed my home stay which was wonderful.  The family took me out to Karokee and Sushi on the first day and then to the grocery store where I picked out veggies for tempura and breakfast.  (how sweet was a whole grain cereal [...]

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Today was another school visit.  This one was to Kiryu City Commercial High School where the main focus is business and technology.  The school was huge and was a maze to get around it.  The kids were a lot of fun.  Tomorrow is my home stay and the following night is our stay at the [...]

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Yesterday was probably the highlight of my trip up to this point along with going to see the Big Buddha and temple hopping.  Today we participated in Japanese archery and yes I did get hurt but only a little.  I have a big bruise on my arm where the string snapped it as I released [...]

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To all the students and staff at Greenbrier Middle School, “Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving”.  Today we visited a Jr. High school and got to observe classes.  Will update you later because it is very late (11:12) and I have to get up just before 6 am. 

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Today we went to visit Gunma University.  We met with the dean of the collage and receive a gift from the school.  It was a tie clip with the name of the University on it.  We had a question/answer session with the professors and students from the english education department.  After visiting there we visited [...]

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Today we traveled to Maebashi in the Gunma prefecture.  Not too much to say except that I got to know our group a little better.  Walked around this sleepy town.  Not too much was open here on Sunday.  We did find a shopping center where we ate dinner and then most of us went out [...]

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Today was our free day, NO LECTURES!!!  I went with a group to Kamakura.  I got a temple book and went to 3 different temples and had them sign the book in Japanese.  This was really interesting and lots of fun, after our 3rd temple we decided to head for the Big Buddha.  At the [...]

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