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First day in disaster region - oshima island
Entry by Joanna Met at Azumaya to hear lecturers view on disaster. Ms kotsumas shared her experience of disaster. She was separated from her elementary age son for five days as tsunami went through middle of island. Same with her son in kesennuma city. She could not get to him for a ...
First day in disaster region - oshima island
Entry by Joanna Met at Azumaya to hear lecturers view on disaster. Ms kotsumas shared her experience of disaster. She was separated from her elementary age son for five days as tsunami went through middle of island. Same with her son in kesennuma city. She could not get to him for a ...
Travelling again
... to enter, blocking the exit for us. We found it quite humorous however the JICE and JOCA did not. Also reading students (not the three caught on train) journal entries described their feelings of concern. We learnt that this will never happen again and so all were vigilant in disembarking immediately. Students got to travel on a ferry today to the island of Oshima. ...
A golden past
... br> Hiraizumi is said to once have been the home of a beautiful capital, of which little remain. Most of the town is built around the ruins that are still there. Inside the Chuson-ji, the crown of capital still stands, the Konjikido Golden Hall, a hall entirely covered in gold and mother of pearl. It is considered one of the most elaborately decorated buildings and it is hard to argue against that. The hall really stands ...
What can be better then the Eiffel Tower?
... of Japanese Buddhism.
After learning a bit of history about the temple, we decided to go back to the tower because around it was Tofuya Ukai, a Japanese restaurant that we had booked weeks in advance. We ordered a feast of Otsukuri, The Hussan course and lovely sweetfish. This ranged in prices from $74-$87. After that feast, we relaxed for a bit and enjoyed wandering through the huge gardens. At 1:00pm we took the train ...
