Eaton
Rapids High School students riding on the first train out of Yoyogikoen
subway station on the way to Tsukiji Fish Market.
The
other half of the Eaton group
Thomas
Edison also on their way to Tsukiji.
Wiley
Elementary Magnet School rounds the list of groups headed to Tsukiji.
Posing
in front of the flash frozen tuna, students find that some of the fish
are larger than themselves!
The
Eaton group witnesses auctions of these maguro. Nothing like the fish
in Lake Michigan!
The
Skyview group waits at Sangubashi Station near the Olympic Village. This
group is headed to Kawagoe, a town about an hour outside of Tokyo where
buildings from the Edo period are preserved yet still used.
Once
at Kawagoe, however, students stop to look are some arcade games.
While
much of Japan seems new to the students, the yellow "M" can
be seen everywhere. But none of these students were interested in this
fast food.
Here
the Skyview group poses behind a stone well filled with water to be used
to purify the hands of the people going to pray at the shrine just beyond
this well.
Here
is one structure, the bell tower, the remains from several hundred years
ago.
An
El Cerrito student gets a lesson on which post slot is for postcards and
letters. Will his parents receive something now that he knows how to mail
something out? We haven't seen him buy any postcards yet...
El
Cerrito High students on their way to Asakusa. While walking to the train
station, though, the El Cerrito students practiced the Japanese songs
they will sing for their American Idol debut!
Even
at 8:30 am, the humidity and heat seep into the trains...
On
their way to Asakusa Temple, the El Cerrito group walks through Nakamise
dori, a street lined with souvenier and sweet shops. Of course, shopping
happens.
And
more shopping...
Here
the El Cerrito group poses under the huge wax coated paper lantern hanging
in "Kaminarimon," the gate to the main temple complex.
The
St. Mark's students and teacher have dinner at Ninja Akasaka, a Ninja
themed restaurant where magician's perform ninja magic.
Eaton
Rapids High School students riding on the first train out of Yoyogikoen
subway station on the way to Tsukiji Fish Market. 
The
other half of the Eaton group
Thomas
Edison also on their way to Tsukiji.
Wiley
Elementary Magnet School rounds the list of groups headed to Tsukiji.
Posing
in front of the flash frozen tuna, students find that some of the fish
are larger than themselves!
The
Eaton group witnesses auctions of these maguro. Nothing like the fish
in Lake Michigan!
The
Skyview group waits at Sangubashi Station near the Olympic Village. This
group is headed to Kawagoe, a town about an hour outside of Tokyo where
buildings from the Edo period are preserved yet still used.
Once
at Kawagoe, however, students stop to look are some arcade games.
While
much of Japan seems new to the students, the yellow "M" can
be seen everywhere. But none of these students were interested in this
fast food. 
Here
the Skyview group poses behind a stone well filled with water to be used
to purify the hands of the people going to pray at the shrine just beyond
this well.
Here
is one structure, the bell tower, the remains from several hundred years
ago. 
An
El Cerrito student gets a lesson on which post slot is for postcards and
letters. Will his parents receive something now that he knows how to mail
something out? We haven't seen him buy any postcards yet...
El
Cerrito High students on their way to Asakusa. While walking to the train
station, though, the El Cerrito students practiced the Japanese songs
they will sing for their American Idol debut!
Even
at 8:30 am, the humidity and heat seep into the trains... 
On
their way to Asakusa Temple, the El Cerrito group walks through Nakamise
dori, a street lined with souvenier and sweet shops. Of course, shopping
happens. 
And
more shopping...
Here
the El Cerrito group poses under the huge wax coated paper lantern hanging
in "Kaminarimon," the gate to the main temple complex.
The
St. Mark's students and teacher have dinner at Ninja Akasaka, a Ninja
themed restaurant where magician's perform ninja magic.
