Silver Pavilion under the hot and humid weather

Some came late for the meeting time and had to get to the Silver Pavilion by themselves but over all things are OK.

The weather is now getting to become real Kyoto summer weather, which is hot and humid.

We have some rain over night so not that bad yet.  First real weekend is coming up tomorrow and several students will enjoy July 4th with Korean BBQ!

Eikando to Nanzen-ji

Some got lost, some got on the wrong bus by my mistake, but everyone successfully met at the bus stop to visit Eikando Zenrinji temple  to enjoy maze like sturucture inside the main hall.

There is a pagoda in its garden from which the entire east part of Kyoto city!  25 students from 2 colleges is quite big and long so we wasted a bit time but so far so good.

AND the weather has been cooperating with us!   We left Eikando for Nanzen-ji temple and got to the City Art Museum bus stop passing in front of GTS condo!

It was a good day!

Nijo Castle after heavy rain!

Since last night it had been raining heavily and I was worried a bit about everyone's communiting. Some had a bit difficulty on commuting but the rain was ceased and helped us to visit to Nijo Castle.

It seems that everyone is getting used to the daily routine.  One student left his wallet and commuting pass behind but a kind person picked it up and returned to the student.  Feel good about Japanese hospitality!

The golden pavilion after making sushi

Today was the ady everyone experienced making sushi roll and taste it with some miso soup!

Some are good at making it some are making something else with sushi rice!

The best cloudy weather helped us not to get so hot and humid while walking to the Golden Pavilion from the school.

Good start of the program and some shower will cool down the temperature during the night so that we will have another fun day tomorrow at Nijo Castle.

For me?  After picking up my daughter at the kindergarten, we went through the zoo!

The Rock Garden rocks!

The weather here in Kyoto has completely recovered and got really hot humid though not as bad as it should be.  Everyone made it for schooling in the morning safely without major problems.

Our lunch today was at one of the cafeterias at Ritsumeikan University where Shingo was graduated from years ago.

Next to the university is the Rock Garden or Ryoanji temple where everyone began sensing about the Japanese gardens.

Hopefully this good weather continues tomorrow!

Hoping the weather to get improved on Monday!

Tomorrow will be the first day of the study abroad and hopefully the weather gets improved for us to begin the program nicely.

The rainiy season in Kyoto this year seems to mean real, but.....

10 students from COD and 15 students from ELAC are now ready for the program!

2015 Summer Study Abroad has begun in Kyoto

United Airlines gave all of us the Economy PLUS seat and everyone was happy though it still took over 12 hours from Chicago to Tokyo.

Our connection was smooth and transfered to Kyoto without any problems.

Communting practice will be tomorrow and we will be ready for everything!

The weather here is not too good but we cannot complain too much about it.