Monday, June 20, 2005

The Train to Mito and University Visit

Supposedly there was an earthquake in Tokyo overnight, but I must have slept right through it. I don't think it must have been a very big deal because no one was worried. We were up early this morning to board a train to Mito, Ibaraki. Ibaraki is the prefecture (similar to our states) and Mito is the capitol of Ibaraki. We took the train, which was about an hour ride, and then did a little exploring of Mito before lunch. After lunch we went to Ibaraki University to meet with the president of the university, professors, and students. It was a really good three hours of conversation both about Japanese teacher preparation and about American similarities. I have attached a picture of the president of Ibaraki University, Ryuzaburo Kikuchi.

2 Comments:

At 8:10 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

souds pretty scary to be in an earthquake

 
At 9:11 AM, Blogger Mark Heiden said...

Brandon: Luckily I slept right through it!

 

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