July 20, 2004

Oh, dear! The deer, I do not fear. The deer are dear!

For 150 yen, you can buy deer wafers and feed the deer at Nara. Be casreful, though! If the deer see you with a handful of wafers, they will begin to swarm!

Ottinger-sensei is warning his students: "do not the feed the baby deer! Their mothers are very protective!"

Posing with Bambi's great-granddaughter at the gates to Todaiji.

One of the Charlotte students crawls through a pillar at Todaiji. If you can squeeze through this passage, perhaps Buddha will grant you wisdom, enlightnment and good luck. She made it!

Dailey sensei and her students from Charlotte are listening to Kevin's explanation about their early departure.

While Dailey sensei is listening to Kevin, other students are waiting in the lobby and ready to go Himeji Castle on their last full day in Japan. Last day for shopping?

Here is the NP:J computer room in the Rhiga Royal hotel. Students send and receive e-mails from their parents and friends from the U.S.. Has your child responded to you lately?

Wissahickon High School is ready to leave the Rhiga Royal hotel and they are going to visit the Osamu Tezuka Anime Museum in Takarazuka and Osaka Castle on their last full day in Japan.