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September 14, 2012
Lowell High School
Konnichiwa,
Japan! FROM JUNE 19 TO JULY 1, A GROUP OF LOWELL JAPANESE STUDENTS FLEW TO JAPAN, PARTICIPATED IN A HOMESTAY IN KYOTO AND VISITED VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN KYOTO, NARA, TOKYO AND HIROSHIMA. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: (TOP LEFT) JUNIOR SHELA HO FEEDS A FRIENDLY DEER IN NARA. (TOP RIGHT) JAPANESE TEACHER NAOMI OKADA, LOWELL STUDENTS AND THEIR HOST BUDDIES POSE AT HANAZONO HIGH SCHOOL IN KYOTO, JAPAN. (UPPER RIGHT, STUDENTS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) CLASS OF 2012 GRADUATES PHOEBE GUAN, KIYOMI KURODA, LUCY ZHANG AND DEBBY LUM WAVE DOLLAR BILLS AT THE TEMPLE OF THE GOLDEN PAVILION, ALSO KNOWN AS THE GOLDEN PALACE, A ZEN BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN KYOTO. (LOWER RIGHT) CLASS OF 2012 GRADUATE TERRY YUEN FLASHES PEACE SIGNS WHILE IN A WOODEN PILLAR IN TOUDAIJI, A BUDDHIST TEMPLE COMPLEX IN NARA. THE HOLE IN THE PILLAR IS THE SIZE OF THE TEMPLE’S GIANT BUDDHA STATUE’S NOSTRIL, AND IT IS SAID THAT IF ONE FITS IN IT, THEY ARE CAPABLE OF REACHING ENLIGHTENMENT. (BOTTOM RIGHT, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) JUNIORS SARAH CHAN AND CAROLYN YE PLAY A TAIKO GAME IN A JAPANESE ARCADE IN KYOTO.
felt really safe in Japan! There were still “ Itpeople walking out at night, and it’s really quiet and peaceful, too.”
TERRY YUEN, class of ‘12 alumnus
all expected the last two days in Tokyo to “ We be the most fun, but I actually liked that part
the least — I left my heart in Kyoto. Going to school in Japan was the most amazing part. Everyone there loves foreigners, so it was a lot of fun. SARAH CHAN, junior
ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF STEFFIE GUAN, SARAH CHAN AND CAROLYN YE