Today has seen students visit a kindergarten and attend a tradtional tea ceremony. The ceremony was held in a traditional Japanese house in Setagaya. We walked back to the Odakyu sen to catch the train back to the Youth Centre and had our final dinner there at 6.00pm. Students are now in their rooms packing for tomorrows early departure to Edogawa ward city hall.
We had our first experience of wearing indoor school slippers in the kindergarten this morning (Wednesday)
Tom, Jack, Beth and Sarah built a wide variety of sandcastles much to the delight of all the children in the sandpit!
Peter and Will with some of the kindergrten children
Charlie and Jack at the end of breaktime 11.30am
Maddie Handel inspired the children to take part in skipping in the playground at breaktime
A quick snack before reading time
Tom, Beth and Jack read The Tiger Who Comes To Tea
Jamie and Charlie take storytime
There was a lot of fun and laughter in all of the lessons
Like a Diamond in the Sky
Peter, Sarah and Josh
Jamie and Charlie after reading time
Maddie, Lawrence and Will with their group for the morning
Will giving the children a high five farewell
Final group photo with the kindergarten teachers
Sado ceremony
Peter, Will and Charlie followed closely
After lunch we had a tea ceremony – sado – presentation and then Tom, Jack and Josh were the first group to make traditional tea in the traditional way
Sarah and Maddie whisking the green tea powder
Lawrence and Beth slurping their green tea to the admiration of the grand master
The ceremony was held in a traditional Japanese house in Setagaya