Kizuna 7 Day 6 Presentation what we learned

Today’s report is Sydney, Megan and Nathan. B.

Reported by Sydney: Nagaisensei, Kai and I ran this morning at 6:30 am. We ran up to the Sendai Castle and from there you can see all of Sendai.

Reported by Megan and Nathan. B. : Mr. Futa (who helped arranged our Sendai stay) said his good-byes and his blessing. He expressed how please he was to work with us and wonderful it has been. He encourages us to share what we have learned and experienced here. We had two hours to work on our presentations. They all look really good. Everyone is excited to be a part of this “Action plan”.

Gift to Mr. Fuda-san

We went to the ささかまかん (sasakamakan) “Fishcake Factory” for a delicious lunch of fishcakes, Salmon Sashimi (raw fish), rice and baby clam soup. The fishcakes were in the shape of eucalyptus leaf, something that is special to the Miyagi prefecture (Sendai is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture). They tasted a lot like a fish hotdog, which sounds strange, but is actually really good!

After lunch we were excused to shop at the Fishcake Factory. I didn’t buy anything, because the fishcakes have to be refrigerated right way. Also the few non-food items are pretty pricey, but they looked really cool. They had necklaces with metal anchors and fish on them, very pretty. I went exploring in the museum attached to the Fishcake Factory; I took a lot of pictures of ships and aircraft. There were a lot of little kids in there, which I found interesting; the kids seemed to actually appreciate the exhibits.

In the afternoon we went to the Kizuna “Return to Home Country Action” presentation. Our presentation was on the 21^st floor of the building. We were the second school to present, following Littleton High School (Colorado). I really enjoyed their presentation, and admired the song that they had written. However, I believe that our presentation was slightly better. It was clear that all had gained a lot of knowledge over the past week, and it was clearly articulated in our speech. I am really excited to see our Action Plan go into action. 

The presentation concluded with three guests thanking all of the America and Japanese delegates for our efforts in the Kizuan Project.

After that we were invited to interact with Japanese High School Students. At first, it was a bit awkward; everyone formed big clumps of people from our own schools. But after a while, we warmed up to our Japanese counter parts. I talked to a few guys who liked the same bands that I do, and we were taking about the concert tour they war currently doing in Europe. Almost every one we talked to wanted to take pictures with us, it was adorable. It seems like a Japanese thing, talking pictures with people you think are foreign or interesting.