Monday,November 9, 1998 |
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Mr.Takami, community leader for Kitano, a small section of Takino, was kind enough to lend us this building for Try-Yaru Week. |
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These are five girls with whom I've had the pleasure of working during Try-Yaru Week. They vollunteered for this activity, a further example of their insatiable desire to learn about international understanding. |
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This is Keiko Uchihashi,one of community volunteers for this TRY-YARU WEEK project. Among other things, she is my guardian, interpreter and creater of this web page. Here she leads a class on greetings and other common English phrases. |
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Here, Keiko and the girls proudly hold e-mail that they have received from all over the world. |
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Takino's cathedral-like train station. |
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Here is one of the girls giving me a hearty American
handshake. "I am Mana. Nice to meet you. Welcome to Takino." |
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"How was your trip?" "It was great." "That's good. I will show you the town." |
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Here is a map of Japan on the bridge at the train staion. This seemingly small island of Japan is suddenly a giant when I see that we, Takino are only a speck on the map. |
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Here I am with the girls who are dancing and singing along with the delightful music on the bridge, actionated by motion detectors. |
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This is a glimpse of a magnificant fountain built in memory of a royal wedding. It can be seen from the bridge at the train station. The leaves of the trees around it have started to turn red. |
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Here, the girls listen in awe as I jokingly tell them that this is a statue of me in my rodeo days. It is actually an artist's depiction of a miniature statue, given as a gift from Hollister to Takino. |
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I have instruct the girls in the fine art of asking directions, something with which I've had practice since I've been in this fun, but confusing little town. |
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Here we pose behind a monument to the Sister Cities Association between Hollister and Takino. |