[Date & Time] Monday, May 18, at 10:00 ~ 16:00
[Spots] Kenchoji Temple, Tsurugaoka-Hachimangu Shrine, Kamakuragu Shrine, Hasedera Temple, Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha), and Enoshima Island
[ Visitors] 13 *TunAmerica Band Members from Puerto Rico
[Attendants] 2 KSGG Members
[Language] Spanish
I acted as Spanish interpreter with another male KSGG member for our visitors with other tourists on a regular one-day Kamakura sightseeing bus tour. The sightseeing bus was almost full with visitors and it was very hard for me to interpret what the bus tour guide explained to tourists.
We ate a box lunch containing Japanese food and kenchinjiru, or a soy sauce soup with tofu or soybean curd and other vegetables. Our visitors ate hijiki, or a kind of seaweed, and konnyaku, or gelatin-like food made from the starch of the konjak potate, with chopsticks. After lunch, we went to Hasedera Temple, and the seashore commanded from its lookout seemed to remind them of their homeland. As soon as they looked at Great Buddha at Kotokuin Temple, our visitors took pictures of it one after another. As national character might be reflected in the way of taking pictures, they embraced Great Buddha or held it above their head; it was impressive to me. On our way to Enoshima Island, the traffic was tied up on the road along the seashore. However, they were silent and just gazed at the sea. Is this also part of Puerto Rican national character? We said farewell to them at Enoden’s Enoshima Station. All of the visitors were kind enough to give me heartfelt words of appreciation. We clasped hands with them, and saw them off on the platform, waving to them.
*TunAmerica, which was formed in 1993, is now performing all over the world representing Puerto Rico and is allowed to call itself as a national band. The members are of different occupations--a businessman, a doctor, a lawyer, and so on. Incidentally, tuna means alumnus in Spanish. TunAmerica held a concert at Toshoji Temple in Shonandai, Fujiawa City, on the strength of those associated with Shonandai Elementary School, which pupils of Noguchi Hideyo School visited last year, and other Japanese-Peruvians. During their stay in Japan, the members visited Kamakura, when our KSGG members cooperated in guiding them.
[Spots] Kenchoji Temple, Tsurugaoka-Hachimangu Shrine, Kamakuragu Shrine, Hasedera Temple, Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha), and Enoshima Island
[ Visitors] 13 *TunAmerica Band Members from Puerto Rico
[Attendants] 2 KSGG Members
[Language] Spanish
I acted as Spanish interpreter with another male KSGG member for our visitors with other tourists on a regular one-day Kamakura sightseeing bus tour. The sightseeing bus was almost full with visitors and it was very hard for me to interpret what the bus tour guide explained to tourists.
We ate a box lunch containing Japanese food and kenchinjiru, or a soy sauce soup with tofu or soybean curd and other vegetables. Our visitors ate hijiki, or a kind of seaweed, and konnyaku, or gelatin-like food made from the starch of the konjak potate, with chopsticks. After lunch, we went to Hasedera Temple, and the seashore commanded from its lookout seemed to remind them of their homeland. As soon as they looked at Great Buddha at Kotokuin Temple, our visitors took pictures of it one after another. As national character might be reflected in the way of taking pictures, they embraced Great Buddha or held it above their head; it was impressive to me. On our way to Enoshima Island, the traffic was tied up on the road along the seashore. However, they were silent and just gazed at the sea. Is this also part of Puerto Rican national character? We said farewell to them at Enoden’s Enoshima Station. All of the visitors were kind enough to give me heartfelt words of appreciation. We clasped hands with them, and saw them off on the platform, waving to them.
*TunAmerica, which was formed in 1993, is now performing all over the world representing Puerto Rico and is allowed to call itself as a national band. The members are of different occupations--a businessman, a doctor, a lawyer, and so on. Incidentally, tuna means alumnus in Spanish. TunAmerica held a concert at Toshoji Temple in Shonandai, Fujiawa City, on the strength of those associated with Shonandai Elementary School, which pupils of Noguchi Hideyo School visited last year, and other Japanese-Peruvians. During their stay in Japan, the members visited Kamakura, when our KSGG members cooperated in guiding them.