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Tuesday, October 21, 2008




THE END OF THE DAY WAS TERRIFIC!! WE OBSERVED THE WHOLE SIXTH GRADE PREPARING FOR A DANCE FESTIVAL. THEY ARE WEARING UNIFORMS BECAUSE IT IS THEIR GYM TIME. THEY EACH HAD DRUMS, TOO. SOME KIDS HAD BIG DRUMS. AFTER THEY DANCED WE WERE ASKED TO COME AND DANCE. THE TEACHERS PUT JAPANESE OUFITS ON US. CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW I LOOK? WE DANCED FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND IT WAS AWESOME!!! THE KIDS DID MUCH BETTER THAN ME, BUT AT LEAST I TRIED!! BEFORE WE KNEW IT, IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE. I WAS SO SAD TO GO! WHAT A GREAT, GREAT DAY I HAD!
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AREN'T THESE GUYS CUTE? THEY ARE CALLED LION DOGS AND ARE ALL OVER OKINAWA!! I AM ON THE PORCH AT THE HOTEL. DO YOU SEE THE OCEAN IN THE BACKGROND?

THE HOTEL LOBBY

THE BEACH AND THE POOL AT THIS FANCY HOTEL

SOME OF THE TEACHERS

SILLY TEACHERS

ONE OF THE TEACHERS ON MY TRIP. DOESN'T SHE LOOK BEAUTIFUL?

THE BEAUTIFUL DINNER, SERVED ON THESE TABLES ON THE FLOOR

THE BED MATS, I HAVE NEVER STAYED IN A HOTEL WHERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE BEDS. MY FRIEND WAS TIRED AND WENT TO BED EARLY.

A SHOW AT THE HOTEL

I ATE UP THE WHOLE BREAKFAST!

THIS LITTLE COMPUTER WAS A TRANSLATOR. IT WAS SUCH A BIG HELP. NANAE WOULD TYPE SOMETHING IN JAPANESE AND THE ENGLISH CAME UP. I'D TYPE SOMETHING IN ENGLISH AND THE JAPANESE CAME UP.

THE FAMILY'S SON

THIS IS WHERE THE FAMILY KEEPS THEIR SHOES

BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS, THEY SMELLED SO GOOD!

THE OKINAWAN FESTIVAL

SUCH FUN GIRLS!

THIS ROCK SAYS PEACE. THE FLOWERS ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO DIED IN WORLD WAR 2

MORE LOVELY GARDENS

A BEAUTIFUL VIEW

LOOK WHAT THE GIRLS LIKED FOR LUNCH

THEY DRIVE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET THAN WE DO AND LOOK WHERE THE DRIVER SITS!

THE FATHER'S CAR. MOST CARS ARE VERY SMALL AND FUEL EFFICIENT

THE MOST POPULAR INSTRUMENT IN JAPAN

A SOLAR CAR, I SAW THIS AT THE FESTIVAL. I DON'T THINK IT IS BEING SOLD YET.

WESTERN TOILET. THIS ONE WAS IN OUR FANCY HOTEL AND THE LID OPENED AUTOMATICALLY AS SOON AS YOU OPENED THE BATHROOM DOOR. VERY COOL!

THE "SQUATTER TOILET", TRADITIONAL ONE

THE MOM

LOOK AT THE BOOKS I BROUGHT THEM!

AL OF US IN FRONT OF THE CASTLE

NANAE AND I INSIDE THE CASTLE

THE CASTLE GROUNDS

I JUST LIKED THIS MAMA DUCK AND HER DUCKLINGS

ALL OF US ON A BRIDGE AT THE CASTLE

WE COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS SIGN WHEN WE SAW IT!

CHARLIE AND HIS OBAMA PILLOW

LOOK WHAT I MADE!

THIS IS THE CORAL I FOUND ON A BEACH

SOME OF THE BEAUTIFUL POTTERY

OKINAWAN MAN MAKING POTTERY

SOMEBODY IN ART CLASS LIKED MICKEY

LOOK AT THIS BEAUTIFUL BOXED LUNCH THE HIGH SCHOOL HAD FOR US!! IN HIGH SCHOOL THE CHILDREN MUST ALL BRING THEIR LUNCHES FROM HOME AND THEY CAN EAT OUTSIDE.

LOOK HOW MUCH I ATE, I'M GETTING BETTER!

ENGLISH CLASS

MUSIC CLASS

ART TEACHER WRITING MY NAME IN JAPANESE TO HANG OUTSIDE OUR ROOM

HIGH SCHOOL BOY CLEANING THE ART ROOM

STUDENTS HANGING ON THE BALCONIES OF THEIR CLASSROOMS

THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE, HE'S IN BLUE

FANCY NAILS AND CELL PHONES JUST LIKE OUR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS

HARRY POTTER IN JAPAN

A MAN PLAYING A BROOM FLUTE OUTSIDE THE RESTAURANT

SLIPPERS FOR THE BATHROOM AT THE RESTAURANT

MY FRIENDS ATE FISH

MY STEAK

DINNER WITH ALL MY NEW FRIENDS

OUR WAITER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANTED TO EAT

MY WELCOME TO 8TH GRADE

MY WELCOME TO SECOND GRADE

OUR WELCOME TO SCHOOL, CAN YOU FIND MY NAME?

COULD YOU RIDE A UNICYCLE?

DO YOU PLAY UNO?

THESE GIRLS ORGANIZE THEIR OWN DANCES

DANCING AT RECESS

THEY LOVED RECEIVING YOUR LETTERS, BUT COULDN'T READ THEM. WHY COULDN'T THEY READ THEM?

SWEEPING OUTSIDE. DO YOU SEE THE RAGS HANGING? DO YOU SEE THE PLANTS?

SWEEPING

THE TEACHER IN THE SECOND GRADE, HITOMI YAMASIRO. SHE WAS VERY SWEET!

GETTING READY TO BRUSH TEETH, EACH CHILD HAS A BAG WITH THESE THINGS IN IT.

A BOY GETTING SECONDS

EATING THE SAME LUNCH AS THE KIDS, IT WAS VERY GOOD!

TREATS SERVED TO US BY THE MAYOR

THE JAPANESE LOVE TO EAT SUSHI FOR BREAKFAST

BREAKFAST FISH

MORE LUNCH, THIS PLATE I COULD NOT EAT

MY LUNCH TODAY, VERY FANCY

ICE CREAM CONE VENDING MACHINES

MY FAVORITE

LITTLE ITSY BITSY CRAYFISH

JAPANESE CRACKERS DIPPED IN SOY SAUCE

LOOK WHO WELCOMED ME TO OKINAWA!!!

LOOK AT ME SHAKING HANDS WITH THE MAYOR OF TOMIGUSUKU, OKINAWA

THE MAYOR'S OFFICE

THIS COLLEGE STUDENT IS READING MY FAVORITE GROWN UP BOOK IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT WHEN SHE SHOWED IT TO ME!!

COLLEGE STUDENTS

WE WERE IN A BIG CONFERENCE ROOM AT THE UNIVERSITY

THE ASIAN BEACH, I WAS IN THIS OCEAN!!

LUNCH ON THE PLANE, HMMMM... DO YOU THINK I ATE IT?

WE FLEW RIGHT OVER MOUNT FUJI, THE LARGEST MOUNTAIN/VOLCANO IN JAPAN. IT WAS AN AMAZING SIGHT TO SEE!

I MADE THESE GIRLS LAUGH AND LAUGH

BOYS SAT SEPARATE FROM GIRLS

STUDENTS IN THE AIRPORT

THE BUSIEST INTERSECTION IN THE WORLD

THE BULLET TRAIN, IT WENT SO FAST THAT I DIDN'T EVEN FEEL IT MOVING!

GARDEN BY THE GREAT BUDDAH

THE TEACHERS IN FRONT OF THE GREAT BUDDAH

A MAN WRITING IN MY NEW JOURNAL

SEE THE BABY ALL READY FOR HER CEREMONY?



MORE CHILDREN DRESSED FOR THEIR CEREMONY

MORE LOVELY LADIES

THE CROWDED SUBWAY, DO YOU SEE ALL THE PEOPLE?

MY DINNER

WOULD YOU EAT THIS FOR DINNER?

MY NEW FRIENDS FROM JAPAN

THE BEAUTIFUL SHOPPING AREA

LADIES SHOPPING IN KIMONOS

GIRLS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WEAR THESE UNIFORMS TO SCHOOL?

THE PLASTIC FOOD DISPLAYS IN FRONT OF EACH RESTAURANT

IT LOOKS JUST LIKE OURS!

I HAVE NOT GONE IN YET, BUT I WILL!! HOW DO YOU SAY FRIES AND CHOCOLATE SHAKE IN JAPANESE?

MY FRIEND ATE THIS FOR BREAKFAST TODAY, IT'S A TYPICAL JAPANESE BREAKFAST: SMALL FISH, VEGETABLES AND OTHER THINGS I WOULDN'T TOUCH. GUESS WHAT YOUR TEACHER ATE FOR BREAKFAST? PANCAKES AND SCRAMBLED EGGS. I WAS VERY HAPPY, THANK YOU!!!

THIS IS ONE ROW OF VENDORS AT THE MARKET, THERE WERE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF VENDORS!

THIS IS AN OCTOPUS. THE BELOW PICTURE WAS THE MAN RUNNING THE TUNA AUCTION. HE SPOKE SO FAST!


THESE ARE THE FRESH TUNA FISH. DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD EAT RAW TUNA IN YOUR SUSHI? EACH OF THESE FISH SOLD FOR HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS!

SOME DIFFERENT SEAFOOD

DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS FISH, 201? IT'S A COY, AND THERE ARE MANY SWIMMING IN THE HOTEL'S GARDEN'S POND.

MY NEW FRIEND, MRS. ANDREWS, AND ME. WE ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE WATERFALL AT OUR HOTEL.

A ABEAUATIFUL GARDEN AT MY HOTEL

PERFORMERS IN A PARK

GO PHILLIES!

October 12th is almost here!

LOTS OF QUESTIONS

SAYONARA

The Japanese House

The Lovely Pond

Japanese Writing

Our tour guide with Japanese shoes

Inside the bedroom

Anyone for sushi and miso soup?

Taking off our shoes

MY FAMILY

MY FAMILY
This is a picture of my husband, sons, mother and me!!!

WELCOME TO MY BLOG!!!!

I would like to welcome everyone to my blog!! This blog is set up for my second graders, but anyone can visit it!! For all of my friends who are teachers, please visit it with your students while I am away. Your students may post questions for me and I will try to answer them. I will arrive in Tokyo on October 14th and will be in Japan until October 30th. I look forward to reading everyone's comments and questions. I will try to update this blog every day or two!

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Blog Archive

  • ▼  2008 (62)
    • ▼  October (59)
      • GOOD BYE FROM JAPAN
      • SUNDAY NIGHT
      • SUNDAY WITH MY HOST FAMILY
      • WAKING UP IN MY ROOM, I'M NOT SURE IF I LIKE SLEEP...
      • SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFAST, IT WAS A FEAST!!!!
      • THIS IS PEACE PARK, AND SO ARE THE PHOTOS TO THE R...
      • SAYING GOOD BYE AT THE BUS, WE ALL CRIED
      • SHIBUYA
      • O-HI-O, MRS. FRIEDLANDER'S CLASS!
      • SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH
      • MEETING THE FAMILY, THE MOM, TREATS SHE PUT OUT FO...
      • LOOK AT ME IN TWO DIFFERENT KIMONAS, EATING OUR DI...
      • FRIDAY, OCTOBER, OCTOBER 24TH
      • AN AMERICAN DINNER, FINALLY!!!!
      • A BEAUTIFUL BEACH ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY
      • THIS PLANE FLEW RIGHT OVER ME AND LANDED ON THE BE...
      • A DAY IN HIGH SCHOOL
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      • A DAY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
      • EVEN I DID SOME CLEANING!!
      • CLEANING AFTER LUNCH
      • THE KIDS SERVING LUNCH IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE LU...
      • BOYS HAD GYM OUTSIDE, GIRLS HAD GYM INSIDE, COMPUT...
      • MOPS ON THE BALCONIES. ALL CLASSROOMS HAVE BALCONI...
      • WELCOME ASSEMBLY, KIDS SITTING NICELY IN ROWS, THE...
      • A DAY AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL
      • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21ST
      • No title
      • LUNCH IN JAPANESE SCHOOLS
      • JAPANESE WRITING CLASS
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      • AFTER THE ASSEMBLY WE WENT TO THE KINDERGARTEN CEN...
      • A WELCOME ASSEMBLY IN OUR HONOR, TEACHERS READING ...
      • GARDENING IN THEIR SCHOOL GARDEN, WALKING INTO TH...
      • THE DAY I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR!
      • FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD
      • ONTO OKINAWA
      • BOYS AND GIRLS,THERE ARE MANY NEW THINGS ON MY BLO...
      • THE JAPANESE CHILD READY FOR HER CEREMONY
      • PHOTOS OF MY NEW JAPANESE FRIENDS, THE FIRST TEMPL...
      • STARTING OUR DAY
      • A DAY IN KAMAKURA
      • BAGELS IN JAPAN,PARKING LOT FOR BIKES AT SUBWAY ST...
      • A JAPANESE DANCER
      • ANOTHER DAY IN TOKYO
      • A NIGHT OUT ON THE TOWN
      • ANSWERS TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS, 201!
      • THE JAPANESE FISH MARKET
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      • MY FIRST FULL DAY IN JAPAN
      • THE OFFICIAL OPENING TO OUR TRIP
      • I AM IN JAPAN
      • Sushi, anyone??
      • 4 MORE HOURS
      • UP, UP AND AWAY!!!!!
      • 2 MORE DAYS!!!
      • Big Bird goes to Japan
      • THE VERY BEST DAY
      • Room 201 Goes To A Japanese Pagoda
    • ►  September (3)

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Judy
This is my 31st year of teaching and I am so excited to have been awarded the Japan Fulbright Memorial Scholarship! My husband, my sons, my mom and all of my family and friends are excited for me, too! I hope my students are excited!
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