Day 7 School Visit 2



Today we attended class in the morning. We went to the Pokémon center and wrote haikus. We ate lunch at a cafeteria and boarded the bus to go to the Ritsumeikan Keisho high school. At the high school we played games with the students and then attended a tea ceremony. We also went to watch their volleyball and cheerleading practice. We took a train to the department store and shopped and ate dinner.

by Santoshi, Karina, & Andrew

at Pokemon Center 

at the shopping mall

Ramen we had for lunch

a classroom in Ritsumeikan High School

Tea Ceremony by Ritsumeikan Tea Ceremony Club　

with Ritsumeikan Students        

with Ritsumeikan Tea Ceremony Club Students   

with Ritsumeikan Students　　

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