Class Placement

Two main events took place today: in the morning, there was a long placement test; in the afternoon, Opening Ceremony and Welcome Party. Many local students came to the Party, and from our group, many speechs had a good personal touch. By the late afternoon, every one found the class which officially starts tomorrow morning.

First Impression Presented at Blog

Blog writing is due on every Sunday. This is the very first week in Japan. Although many had to adjust quite some their original plan and scope, nonetheless, all entries well reflect everyone's fresh and keen sight to the daily life in Japan.

Orientation

Saturday was a raining day. It started with a formal meeting. Everyone received a student card and other documents for the coming days. Near the noon time, a similar number of local students came and took all of us in groups. In the evening, we had the very first party, and had a very conversation.

Meiji Shrine, Skytree

We have completed our first highlight in Tokyo. All the schedules were carried out smoothly, without any unexpected interruption. The last full-group photo were at the very top of Skytree, around 3:00 pm. To a few, that was still far to the end of the long day...

Arrived!

We have arrived! Every one had a high spirit during the long bus trip  to the campus, and we settled into a simple snack around 6:30 pm, Tokyo time.

Leave for Japan!

We are heading the boarding -- Tokyo, here we come!

Five Blogs

On May 7th, Sunday, five blogs serves as the main research project for this course work have been published by five groups. On its first entry, each blog briefly introduced the group members and described its working plan while in Japan. Here are two sections from "A Piece of Cake", an example of the writing achievement.