After a smooth flight over we arrived at 9.25am and had a 45 minute coach ride into Tokyo spending the morning in Odaiba walking round the scenic walkways looking across Tokyo Bay. Everyone is well and settled into the National Olympic Memorial Youth Centre.
Maddie Handel, Beth Wilson and Sarah davies enjoyed traditional Japanese ramen noodles for their first meal in Tokyo
Mrs Garrod enjoyed afternoon tea
A visit to the Imperial Palace for a tour of the outer sanctuary and gardens with the samurai warrior on horseback statue
Group photo outside the main palace
Will Hutchison, Charlie Palmer and Josh Coombe in the main courtyard
Jamie Toms Bird met up with Tsukasa who stayed with him in Tavistock this summer and Ryota came to see Lawrence Dobson Monday morning at 9.00am the international club students from our host school, Kanto Daiichi High School met us to take us round Tokyo today
Thomas Norgate and Peter Alexander with their group
Beth Wilson and Sarah Davies with their host students Our appreciation to Eric Peterson and Yuka Marubashi sensei for making all the arrangements for today and ensuring our students had some fantastic experiences.
Thomas Norgate and Peter Alexander with Kanto Daiichi SHS students
Josh Coombe and Lawrence Dobson at the main gate leading to Meiji Jingu shrine
Charlie Palmer and Jamie Toms Bird with their host students
Maddie Beth and Sarah at the entrance to Meiji Jingu
Peter Alexander and Thomas Norgate at the entrance to Takeshita street in Harajuku
We were fortunate to see a traditional Japanese wedding ceremony
Josh Coombe and Peter Alexander enjoying crepes in Harajuku
We went to the Kaminarimon Gate in Asakusa on the subway for lunch and enjoyed the walk in warm sunshine down Nakamise street to Sensouji temple
We went to the Kaminarimon Gate in Asakusa on the subway for lunch and enjoyed the walk in warm sunshine down Nakamise street to Sensouji temple
We went to the Kaminarimon Gate in Asakusa on the subway for lunch and enjoyed the walk in warm sunshine down Nakamise street to Sensouji temple
Jack Isaacs loved his okonomiyaki
Jamie and Will made their own okonomyaki
At 5.00pm we went to Shibuya for some early evening shopping as the neon lights came on