Our students visited the Taiko Lab to learn about the traditional Japanese drum called the "Wadaiko". They learned that it was used in the olden times to pray for rain to help the harvest. Nowadays, it is played during festivals, and our students had the opportunity to learn how to play them!
We left the National Olympic Memorial Youth Center where we have been staying for the past few weeks and set out for our excursion to Yamanashi. One of our first...keep reading
Yesterday was our last full day in Tokyo. We took advantage of the time we had in the morning by doing our laundry at the local laundromat and getting our...keep reading