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Last Saturday [May 12th] I went to Tokyo...

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Even though we met quite late in the morning, due to Annariina not really knowing her way around the trains yet, we could go on all the attractions that we wanted.




We even bought cute character ears and took pictures with some Aladdin characters. The scariest attraction was, without hesitation, the Tower Of Terror; we literally had to drag Pop all the way inside because she was so scared that she tried to run away. In the end it was really fun!




When we went home, it was already dark, so we had the occasion to see the scenery inside the park in both day and night settings; It is really beautiful, and looks like another world compared to usual Tokyo.

On Sunday, all the exchange students were invited to dinner with Aoi, one of the Japanese English Club students, and her family. We all went except for Gab.

First we went to take purikura, which was very fun, because all 6 people were trying to fit inside the picture and it was hard not to cover each other's face sometimes.




Then we went to karaoke, and we stayed there for 3 hours. We sang a lot of songs, both in English and Japanese.

After we had all shown our incredible talent at singing, we met a Japanese friend of Aoi¡Çs, and then we went to her house to have dinner with her family.




We stayed at her place for some time, playing with her adorable dog, and then enjoying her mother¡Çs kara age [fried chicken], then we all went home.

It was a quite busy but very fun week end, and it put me in a good mood to start a new week of school! ]]> tag:www.seiritsu-int.com,2012:/contents//2.357 2012-05-16T02:45:33Z 2012-05-16T02:56:01Z

Last week on Friday [May 11th], my class...

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We went to the rice fields at around 12.30 and then planted rice, along with the frogs and the insects. I didn¡Çt think that the fields would be as muddy as they were. In Tochigi [where Gabu often goes to help with his host family on a farm at weekends - Peter] they look like small lakes everywhere but now I was in the actual 'lake' I noticed that it was more mud.

When we were done with the rice planting, we went back to the football fields and washed our legs and arms. But in some people's cases they had to wash their whole body after wanting to jump in with the frogs.

It was a very interesting day. ]]> tag:www.seiritsu-int.com,2012:/contents//2.356 2012-05-16T02:15:20Z 2012-05-16T02:43:38Z

Tatiana, Annariina and I went to Takaosa...

staff [this term's geography project is a presentation about a natural tourist spot, and although not necessary for the presentation, many of the ID students wanted to go to the areas to understand them better - Peter].

Nick doing some karate 'self training' while taking in the Takaosan atmosphere!

After the long train ride we finally arrived at Takaosanguchi Station, where we were met with colorful scenery. We started our ascent at about 11 o¡Çclock. On the way up we ate a multiple number of ice creams and entered the monkey park.

At about 15:30 we reached the top; unfortunately while we had been ascending the nice sunshine had turned into clouds, so we were unable to fully enjoy the view from the top. We had to descend quite quickly, since Annariina had to be home early. It was a good day, especially because the weather was good. ]]> tag:www.seiritsu-int.com,2012:/contents//2.355 2012-05-16T01:59:35Z 2012-05-16T02:14:22Z

Hi, Pop is here again to tell you about ...

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We met each other at Maihama station at 11o¡Çclock, quite late in my opinion but since it was not very crowded so the maximum time we had to wait was only 1 hour. We went to 7 attractions; one of them was the ¡ÆTower of Terror¡Ç which is a sudden-drop thrill ride. I promised to myself that I would never go on that attraction, but suddenly Tatiana and Annariina grabbed both of my arms and dragged me there! I was very scared and almost cried but Tatiana and Annariina didn¡Çt give me any sympathy, they laughed and teased me instead!



When we finally were in the attraction lift, it went upwards and showed us what was happening inside the tower. It reached the top of the tower and the door in front of us opened itself to show the scenery of Disney Sea. It was so high that I couldn¡Çt help but swear (in Thai)! The camera took a picture with my mouth open, so it seemed like I was smiling with happiness¡Ä suddenly the lift drop into a free-fall and I screamed my lungs out! It was the most horrible feeling I¡Çve ever had. When it stopped, my hands and my legs were trembling -__-

But then I realized that the Tower of Terror was awesome and I really enjoyed it. I think I have to thank to my nice friends who tried to make me know how awesome the Tower of Terror was. I really want to ride that attraction again! ]]> tag:www.seiritsu-int.com,2012:/contents//2.354 2012-05-16T01:39:28Z 2012-05-16T01:56:53Z

Hello, this is Annariina writing! Tatian...

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Tatiana, Pop and I went to Tokyo DisneySea last Saturday [May 12th], and had a lot of fun there. We were supposed to meet at Maihama station at 9:45 am, but I got bit lost with the trains so I was about an hour and ten minutes late. Oops!

After finally arriving there, we went on a little rollercoaster and then ate, before heading to the awesome rollercoaster with a 360⁰ loop [this is the famous and popular ¡ÆRaging Spirits¡Ç ride – Peter]. We only went for 7 different rides, if I remember correctly, but it was very amusing. We dragged poor Pop to the Tower of Terror and she was panicking while in the line. Tatiana and I even sang to her to calm her down! It was so much fun. In the end I found the Tower of Terror, well, not terrifying but maybe a bit creepy.



We ate some weird popcorn such as strawberry flavor, bought lot of not-so-useful stuff (like Minnie Mouse ears) and had tons of fun. I want to go there again someday.

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Hey it is Jesse, with my first official ...

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During Golden Week my host family and I went to Takayama, in Gunma prefecture, and spent time at a Japanese farm.
Me with my host family, looking at some awesome goats at Takayama.

We also went to Nikko, where there is a very famous shrine, along with the almost universally known ¡ÈHear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil¡É monkeys [The shrine is Nikko Tōshō-gū, which is dedicated to the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and contains his remains, and these monkeys are the famous ¡ÆSanzaru¡Ç, called ¡ÆMizaru¡Ç, ¡ÆKikazaru¡Ç and ¡ÆIwazaru¡Ç- Peter]. We headed through the temple and saw the three gigantic gods of mercy statues; we should be pretty glad that these are gods of mercy, because you can certainly cause a lot of harm with one thousand hands!

We then headed up the incredibly steep steps to the shrine. Inside there was a tour guide who explained the whole place, its history, and also the protocols of the time. Afterwards you could go around and look at all the ancient architecture, which was fairly amazing. Having survived the mysterious and scary Oni as we entered and left the shrine I felt pretty holy, and had a pretty awesome time.]]> tag:www.seiritsu-int.com,2012:/contents//2.352 2012-04-25T06:05:58Z 2012-04-25T06:14:43Z

We have now started to receive registrat...

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This fortnight-long experience offers students a once in a lifetime opportunity to come and stay with a home stay family in Tokyo, and learn all about Japan and its culture through exciting activities and excursions.

Places are limited to 10 applicants so please make sure you send us your registration soon to avoid missing out!

For more information about Japan Experience!, or to download a registration pack, please click here.]]> tag:www.seiritsu-int.com,2012:/contents//2.351 2012-04-25T02:17:47Z 2012-04-25T02:37:56Z

On April 7th Seiritsu held its entrance ...

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Much like last year, the weather was beautiful and the cherry blossom was out in full force; they were in their peak viewing bloom!

School club members greeted their new friends, and ushered them into the ceremony where the principal, Fukuda Sensei, gave a welcome speech.

Many of the International students are in first year home rooms this year, so we hope they make a lot of new friends!]]> tag:www.seiritsu-int.com,2012:/contents//2.350 2012-04-25T01:53:48Z 2012-04-25T02:06:23Z

At Seiritsu all international students a...

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It looks like they had fun:

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I'm Annariina, I'm 17-years old and com...

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I'm Annariina, I'm 17-years old and come from Finland. I love music, singing and fashion and my hobbies are circus, writing and drawing.

Back home in Finland I have two rabbits, they are so cute and round and fluffy; I adore them. I also have a sister, who is one year older than me. We are very close and spend a lot of time together. Actually our circus group just includes me and my sister.

As a person, I'm really shy but positive. When I get to know people better I can be super social and stuff, so mostly I'm shy just when I meet new people or am around new situations.

I came to Japan to get to know the culture and language. I have studied Japanese for a little over a year now, so I'm not very good at it. But I'm eager to learn more. ]]> tag:www.seiritsu-int.com,2012:/contents//2.348 2012-04-19T00:41:01Z 2012-04-19T00:47:15Z

Hello, my name is Jesse, and I come f...

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Hello, my name is Jesse, and I come from Australia. I am sixteen and my family consists of five members, Mother, Father, my older sister Caity and my younger sister Pippa, and of course myself.

Currently, my hobbies include reading, playing hockey, guitar and saxophone, and also cycling. My strongest subject in school is either mathematics or physics, but I am also learning Japanese and Latin.

I chose to come to Japan not just to learn the language, but also to learn about the amazing culture here, such as the Buddhist and Shinto temples and shrines. But of course the language is an integral part of my stay, as I plan to go to university in Japan, and study robotics.]]> tag:www.seiritsu-int.com,2012:/contents//2.347 2012-04-13T02:59:10Z 2012-04-13T03:07:01Z

In my spring vacation I was resting the ...

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Gabu hanging out with his host family's princess.
One of the funniest memories I have from Spring break is when I slept over at Nicolas' place when his host family had a house party. I met very interesting people and also Tatiana came to the party. We ate a lot of meat and snacks and had a good time. I also got the chance to try out some of all the cherry blossom food that is all over Japan at the moment.

After Tatiana went home, Nicolas and I talked a lot with some of the guests, who are very funny. They have owned their own restaurant in Tokyo and had a lot of experiences to share with us. Before they left, they promised us to take us to Disney Land or Roppongi next time we see each other.

When all the guests went home and Nicolas' host family went to bed, we ate all the food that was left and drank all the soda too. It was a very fun time and I hope I will be invited again if they have a house party once again. ]]> tag:www.seiritsu-int.com,2012:/contents//2.346 2012-04-11T05:34:12Z 2012-04-11T09:29:26Z

Hi, this is Pop! The spring holiday has ...

staff My friends from Kyoto and Kobe came to Tokyo so I traveled around with them. We went to Disneyland first on 29th March. That was my second time there but it was still exciting. We went to so many attractions but the most awesome one in my opinion was Splash Mountain, actually the first time I went to Disneyland I was too scared to ride it but in the end my friends forced me to, so I finally found that there was nothing scary¡Ä(of course -_-)! The attraction that I think I enjoyed the most was Snow white adventure.. I can't describe it [Peter - It's a scary ghost-train style ride which has the scary wicked stepmother trying to escape the seven dwarfs] but I just screamed all the way.. That was my cool spring holiday trip with my cool friends who gave me back my courage. ]]> tag:www.seiritsu-int.com,2012:/contents//2.345 2012-04-11T05:33:01Z 2012-04-11T05:35:38Z

In the spring holiday, Tatiana, Popp, Ga...

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We had two weeks of holiday, so I took t...

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During the first weekend I went shopping in Harajuku with a friend from France. Since it is spring vacation for a lot of people, the streets were even more crowded than usual, and it was a bit hard to walk around.
In the second week, I went with Pop and her friend from Kyoto to Tokyo Tower. It was the first time I went up there, and I got a little bit scared of the height!
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The on the last day of holiday I went to Yoyogi Park to have a picnic with friend and see the sakura. It was not a real hanami yet, but I was still happy to see the flowers. I could also see a lot of them near my house, along the Meguro River. I have always seen sakura flowers when thinking of an image for Japan, so finally seeing them for real was nice.
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