The Final Day

Today was the last official day of the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund trip. We met in the morning after breakfast to have each of the prefecture groups do a presentation about their time in their Japanese host city. Our Tokaimura group went third and presented a song to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas. It recounted twelve memories of our Tokaimura experience. The ten group presentations took the whole morning, and after lunch the last group finished. After a brief wrap-up session, we had the afternoon to ourselves. I used the time to pack my suitcases for the return trip. This evening we had the Sayonara Banquet. Sayonara means goodbye, but it is usually used when you will not see someone again. After the banquet, a group of Tokaimura people went out to karaoke. After that we returned to the hotel for the final evening in Japan. The picture I attached below is of Tokaimura group members Steve, LeRoy and myself. We spent a lot of time together during our trip.