Nanaimo District Secondary School - NDSS Yearbook (Nanaimo, British Columbia Canada)

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mo v JMfcMWWtt fBitfttfi THE IB JAPAN TRIP WAS FROM MARCH 29 TO APRIL 12. THE GROUP TRAVELLED FROM TOKYO, DOWN TO HIROSHIMA AND BACK, STOPPING IN KURASHIKI, KYOTO AND HAMMAMATSU WHERE FORMAL GREETINGS WERE EXTENDED BY THE MAYOR OF HAMMAMATSU CITY. PICTURED ABOVE ARE THE SIXTEEN STUDENTS, ALONG WITH CHAPERONES, THE SWIFTS AND MCINTYRES, THE TWO JAPANESE GUIDES, AND THREE JAPANESE WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL DRESS. THE OTHER PHOTOS ARE OF THE HIROSHIMA CHILDREN ' S TEMPLE AND HAMMAMATSU. THE VISITORS WERE WARMLY WELCOMED EVERYWHERE THEY WENT, AND A MOST ENJOY- ABLE AND INTERESTING EXPERIENCE WAS HAD BY ALL! TRIPS TO THE TAMAGAWA AND WASEDA UNIVERSITIES THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE TRIP TO JAPAN TOOK PLACE MARCH 29 TO APRIL 12. WE TRAVELLED FROM TOKYO DOWN TO HIROSHIMA AND BACK, STOPPING IN KURASHIKI, KYOTO, AND HAMMAMATSU, WHERE WE WERE FORMALLY GREETED BY THE MAYOR OF HAMMAMATSU CITY. PICTURED ABOVE ARE THE SIXTEEN STUDENTS, OUR CHAPERONES, THE SWIFTS AND MC- INTYRES, OUT TWO JAPANESE GUIDES, AND THREE JAPANESE WOMEN IN TRADITIONAL DRESS. THIS WAS AT MORIE VILLAGE IN KYOTO. HERE, ALSO, ARE PICTURES OF HIROSHIMA CHILDREN ' S TEMPLE AND HAMMAMATSU. WE WERE MADE VERY WELCOME EVERYWHERE WE WENT, AND MUCH FUND WAS HAD BY ALL! WE VISITED BOTH THE TAMAGAWA UNIVERSITY AND THE WASEDA UNIVERSITY, AS WELL AS THE MINOO HIGH SCHOOL. WE ENJOYED AN INTERESTING HOME STAY WITH A JAPANESE FAMILIES, AND EVEN STAYED IN A TEMPLE, WHERE WE PARTICIPATED IN MORNING MEDITA- TION. ALL IN ALL, IT WAS AN EXCITING, EXHAUSTING AND FUN-FILLED TRIP! COUR THANKS TO THE SWIFTS AND MCINTYRES FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND GOOD SPIRITS!) (KRIS MCPEEK) 138