Calligraphy class

Manabu-sensei (left) kindly arranges for three new students to
attend two of the morning's classes at Misato Technical School:
a calligraphy class and then an Okinawan Tea Ceremony class.

Who does Liz think she's kidding (right), holding up the teacher's model for the "Dream" character after the calligraphy class? Our efforts looked nothing like that!

New faces in the staff room

Kyoto-sensei, the Vice Principal, (centre) and fellow staff members chat with the two ring-ins from Australia over lunch,
while the young teacher next to Mick holds up a brochure about Mick's home town, Buninyong.

Okinawan Tea Ceremony class

The guest teacher gently instructs the three Aussie novices in the art of partaking in the traditional Okinawan Tea Ceremony
while students at the school are taught how to prepare and serve the uniquely Okinawan foaming buku-buku char.