[Date and Time] Sunday, June 14, at 10:00 ~ 15:30
[Spots] Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Hasedera Temple, Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha)
[Visitgors] 72 AOTS trainees, with 40 from Thailand, 15 from Vietnam, 4 from China, 3 from India, 2 each from Nepal and Indonesia, and 1 from Malaysia
(They are mostly automotive-, construction-, computer software-, and electric product-related trainees.)
[Attendants] 15 KSGG members
[Language] Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, English, and Japanese
[Spots] Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Hasedera Temple, Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha)
[Visitgors] 72 AOTS trainees, with 40 from Thailand, 15 from Vietnam, 4 from China, 3 from India, 2 each from Nepal and Indonesia, and 1 from Malaysia
(They are mostly automotive-, construction-, computer software-, and electric product-related trainees.)
[Attendants] 15 KSGG members
[Language] Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, English, and Japanese
Most of the trainees came to Japan early in June and have only just begun their three-month intensive Japanese training. However, language was not such a big problem, for some of
them could understand English and Japanese. At flowery Hasedera Temple, they were
absorbed in taking pictures of sweet flags and hydrangeas at their best.
Outside the wall of Kotokuin Temple, the game of “rock-paper-scissors” warmed up to win the CD of a Japanese food recipe. As they were given Japanese paper dolls, too, everyone uttered “Thank you!” with a smile. With a lingering attachment for the temple, they left Kotokuin and made their way toward Hase Station.
(For your information, AOTS stands for the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship.)
★ Although we believe in different religions, our hearts to honor god are the same
It was my first experience to guide a group of trainees by myself, and I covered 10 Thai trainees. All of them were from a local Thai subsidiary of a Japanese company and, since they had been accustomed to acting together in a group, they kept their balance delicately without breaking up, even though they were on the verge of breaking up.
On the way, topics common to Thai and Japanese warmed up, such as a distinction between shrine and temple, the spreading routes of Mahayana and Hinayana, and the like. Thai people showed an interest in “the tie of a fortune slip,” “talismans,” “ema,” or a votive picture tablet of a horse, “face and hands washing manner,” and “Two-bows-two-palmbeats-one-bow worshipping manner.”
Like Islamic Indonesians, Thai people worship god and Buddha piously. I realized that our hearts trying to worship a holy place and a holy thing are the same although we believe in different religions. At Kotokuin, they seriously worshiped the Great Buddha putting their hands together, which was very impressive to me.
them could understand English and Japanese. At flowery Hasedera Temple, they were
absorbed in taking pictures of sweet flags and hydrangeas at their best.
Outside the wall of Kotokuin Temple, the game of “rock-paper-scissors” warmed up to win the CD of a Japanese food recipe. As they were given Japanese paper dolls, too, everyone uttered “Thank you!” with a smile. With a lingering attachment for the temple, they left Kotokuin and made their way toward Hase Station.
(For your information, AOTS stands for the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship.)
★ Although we believe in different religions, our hearts to honor god are the same
It was my first experience to guide a group of trainees by myself, and I covered 10 Thai trainees. All of them were from a local Thai subsidiary of a Japanese company and, since they had been accustomed to acting together in a group, they kept their balance delicately without breaking up, even though they were on the verge of breaking up.
On the way, topics common to Thai and Japanese warmed up, such as a distinction between shrine and temple, the spreading routes of Mahayana and Hinayana, and the like. Thai people showed an interest in “the tie of a fortune slip,” “talismans,” “ema,” or a votive picture tablet of a horse, “face and hands washing manner,” and “Two-bows-two-palmbeats-one-bow worshipping manner.”
Like Islamic Indonesians, Thai people worship god and Buddha piously. I realized that our hearts trying to worship a holy place and a holy thing are the same although we believe in different religions. At Kotokuin, they seriously worshiped the Great Buddha putting their hands together, which was very impressive to me.