Asakusa Town

After a wonderful tempura lunch, we went to Asakusa to visit the Shinto shrines and do a bit of shoppping.We will not visit schools until next week.

Wednesday's Visits

Today we took a tour of the Diet, which is the Japanese governmental building where the House of Representative and the ministers make and pass the laws. The Emperor also comes to stay here and does sit in on the opening day of the Diet.

My First Night

We arrived in Japan at 8:00pm on Tuesday. We had been up over twenty-four hours, but there were students from the local university who were waiting to take us to dinner. They got to practice theri English and we had a chance to have some authentic Japanese food. All I wanted was some noodles and broth and then go to sleep!!
Here is Miko, my host for the evening.

Crossing the International Dateline

On Monday we crossed over the International Dateline and this is a picture on the screen in front of my seat. It then became Tuesday!!! Japan..here I come

More from the Japanese Consulate's Home

Here are Fulbright Executive Director, the Japanese consualte and his wife and the IIE Director.

The Consulate's Home

This is the inside foyer of the Consulate's home in Pacific Heights.

A Visit to The Japanese Consulate

We were invited to meet with the Consul General of Japan at his home in San Francisco on Sunday night. I was asked to be the representative speaker for all the teachers and administrators going on this JFMF Teacher Program. It was an honor that I will never forget. We found out that we are the last group getting to go to Japan! How lucky for us and how sad for all the others who will to be able to participate.