Seiritsu International Education

On Thursday, we had another International Department excursion. This was our biggest group yet!
Recently we have been including Japanese students who are going abroad or have been abroad. As these numbers increase overall in the school, the number of participants on our excursions also grows.

Part of the aim of these excursions then is to help the Japanese students take another look at their own country and culture. And it helps to think about the words that they learned or will need to learn in the classes overseas. Most social studies classes talk about government to some extent or another, so we decided to visit the National Diet building.

We were treated very well by the office staff who helped arrange our visit. One of the staff members helped guide us around the facilities. He made things go very smoothly and provided some interesting information, too. He also took our group photo in front of the building.

National Diet

Another major goal is to have the students interact a lot with each other. The international students can speak with the Japanese students and the Japanese students who are going to go abroad can get advice from the students who went before. To help get them mixed up a bit more, in the afternoon, we took them to Tokyo Tower and Zozoji temple. We had some challenges to try out at Zozoji.

Temple

Finally when they were mixing well, we let them hang out together in Tokyo Tower. We gave them a short talk about the history and nature of the tower first, of course. I wonder how many of them will remember the real name of the tower?

If you have a chance, you should stop by this area. It is well worth the time.