The flowers are so beautiful. I love them.

Everyone needs a hug, especially, the guy with the black shirt that says TALENT.

I like this picture because everyone looks like they are flying and the lovely girl with the white scarf is so cute.

Baba Sensei's class is always a lot of fun. We’ve become like a family.

茶道　was very interesting. The Tea and sweets were delicious.

We made new friends and had a great time at 茶道.

We learned how to weave beautiful souvenirs that we were able to take home at the museum. 

We learned a lot this day about Japanese handmade crafts. The people who taught us were very kind and were very talented.

The park was beautiful and even though it was raining, we had a great time.

We learned how to make Japanese pottery. This picture is great because we’re all so interested in his instructions.

He is very talented at making pottery. We learned a lot from him.

These are the beautiful and unique pottery that we made. It was very fun.

After we all enjoyed delicious tea in special cups the pottery makers made.

This was a very fun day. Everyone was great and participated in the Samba Otemoyan.

The Samba was such a fun dance to learn.

She is teaching us how to open the paper fans. Even something as simple as opening the fan was a very difficult task. All the fans were beautiful.

Everyone participated in learning Traditional Japanese dances. It was very interesting.

The dances were challenging but really enjoyable. Everyone tried their best!

This is when we went to make traditional Japanese Pottery. It was very interesting to see how the clay is shaped using the hand powered wheel. Even though we started with the same materials, everyone made something completely different.

This is us making pottery. This was my first time making pottery, and it was a lot of fun. It was really nice to see the different ways the students designed and decorated their cups and bowls. Our instructor’s workshop was filled with so many beautiful sculptures—I really enjoyed this experience! 

 
This picture was taken after we visited the 熊本伝統工芸館 where we looked at some of the traditional crafts that Kumamoto citizens made. We even got to learn how to make some small wall-hangings using Kumamon (Kumamoto’s mascot) pictures.

 
This is a picture from when we experienced traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony, 茶道, with the school’s Tea Ceremony Club. After the ceremony, we even got to make the tea by ourselves. It was a lot of fun even though sitting in 正座 for a long time was a little painful!

一年間、楽しかったです。
機会あったら、まだよろしくお願いします！
　　　　　　　　　　　Li xinyu

お茶はおいしかった。
先生、お疲れ様です。
　　　　　    Zhang wenjing

今日は茶道体験！　　　　　2011年12月7日　水曜日

先週の発表が終わって、いよいよ本番茶道の体験日が来る！私にとって、今回の茶道体験は二回目。学生会館の和室に入って、すぐ夏の茶道体験を思い出した。あの時の僕は少し緊張していたので、茶道のことが苦手だった。茶道が大好きの僕は、何度も茶道をしてみて、上手になりなとと思っている。今回は、新しく来た留学生たちと一緒に体験する茶道だ。

まずはいろんなゲーム。。変なゲームいっぱい。\(^o^)/~　~でも皆楽しかったよ！

　　　　　

　

私たち人数が多いので、チーム二つに分かられて本番の茶道を始める。まずは和菓子を食べること。今回は抹茶らしいものを食べた。一回目の時どんな和菓子を食べたのはもうすっかり忘れたけど、今回はあの時よりずっと美味しかったと思う。その後、一回目のように、茶道を飲んで自分で茶道を作ること。

今回の茶道で、お茶を作ることも茶道の礼儀も一回目より進歩きた感じがしてた。皆楽しい一日を過ごした。しかし、やはり外国人として僕は、畳に座ることが下手なんで、長時間座って足がとっても痛かった～！そんな大変な時、馬場先生は僕の足を強く押して、我慢できない痛みを感じた。馬場先生茶道を体験してた時、僕はカメラマンとして皆さんの姿をたくさん撮って、何度も見て笑いを出した。一年間しか留学できない僕として、今回の茶道は最後の体験で、大切にしなければならない。これから、もっと茶道に関する本を読みたいと思っている。やはり日本文化を勉強するなら、茶道は避けなれないことなんだよ！茶道の作り方を教えてくれて、茶道の先生と日本人の学生たちに心からありがとうございます！