The speacial event was the Tea Ceremony students had an experience. We were headed to Arashiyama by Randen train from Kitano Hakubaicho.
Passing many tourists we enjoyed the garden of Tenryuji temple. From the small hill in the garden of the temple we could see Kyoto city in the rainy weather.
Going through Tenryuji temple, we could walk through the famous Bamboo taril to climb up the mountain.
Weekend weather seemed not too good but hopefully it recovers next week.
Our new lunch place at Kitaoji Bus Terminal is quite fun as many kinds of food are available at resonable cost.
It seems everyone tries different one each time before the afternoon excursion.
We went to Silver Pavilion (Ginkakuji-temple) and we could see the Kyoto City from the Higashiyama Mountain side.
Unstable weather hit us and it rained on the way back from Ginkakuji but it will clear up soon.
After school we wento the Kitaoji Bus Terminal where many shops and restaurants welcome us.
City bus 206 took us directly to Sanjusangendo tenple in about 40 min. Everyone felt rather long ride in uncomfortable weather yet convenient.
Hope everyone had a great time with Statues!
Yesterday's rain did not come today, so it was a good day.
After class, we were headed to one of dining halls of Ritsumeikan University where I was graduated from over 35 years ago.
Students are by themselves could figured out how the system works and order lunch and enjoyed eating with their classmates.
Upon fishing lunch, we walked for about 5 minutes to get to Ryoanji Temple which was famouse for its Rock Garden.
The rainiy season might force me to reschedule afternoon trips but will cover all eventually.
A few students left the their monthly train/bus pass and ended up being a bit late but overall everone performed well to communite to school.
First Lunch was at McDonald's, Famires (Family Restaurant) 100 yen rotation sushi, etc.
The golden pavilion is within the walking distance from the school. After visiting the Pavilion, their first return home experience began.
I am looking forward to some stories next week.
We have safely arrived in Kyoto yesterday afternoon. In this unexpectedly expensive airfare time, we were lucky to get here in shortest way (Chicago-San Francisco-Osaka)
Immigration was smooth and took the airport bus to reach Kyoto Station where everyone met his/her host family.
Now the challenge is if everyone can get to school alone from the host family (maybe assisted by the host family on the first day).
This is also the learning experience so every student will learn every experience.
Let's begin!
