I got a chance to chaperone my son's field trip to Jogaku Elementary in Naha, Okinawa. It was such a neat experience. We started off walking in circles and when the music stopped we would introduce ourselves to the person in front of us. We all tried to do it in Japanese, while they tried in English.
Then they taught us some Eisa dancing. I was NOT coordinated enough to do it correctly, but I tried! :)
Then we all had a lunch of curry, corn dogs and salad. Once lunch was over we got a quick tour of the school before we had to hop back on the bus. I had chance to chat with one of the Japanese moms and she told me that the kids all clean the school. They put them in groups and each group cleans a certain part or does a certain "duty" as she called it. They even clean the bathrooms! Out of respect I'm not posting any photos with the kids' faces in them. So there are only a few photos and I also only had my son's point & shoot, so the photo quality is pretty sub par, but atleast the compositions look good! ;)
Super Sexy Green Slippers
Cubbies full of slippers.
Drums they used to teach us Eisa dancing.
My partner's legs & drum.
Super tiny bathroom slippers. Look out! It's BIG FOOT!!!
A classroom.
My son thought it was really cool that at his school they have a Japanese classroom and at this school they have an English classroom! :)
And last but not least my son getting ready to Eisa dance! :)
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