Saturday, July 4, 2009

Guiding JICA Participants around Kamakura--Impressed by the beautiful decorations of the Star Festival


[Date and Time] Saturday, July 4, at 11:00~16:40
[Spots] Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Hasedera Temple, Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha)
[Visitors] 25 JICA participants from 11 countries, with 10 from Thailand, 2 each from China, Republic of Moldova, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Indonesia, and 1 each from Yemen, Laos, Dominican Republic, Morocco and Malaysia
[Attendants] 21 KSGG members and 2 observers
The participants were impressed by luxurious and beautiful Star Festival decorations displayed here and there and took pictures of them. A female Moldovan participant who came to Japan for the first time told me about her country:

Republic of Moldova
・Republic of Moldova is commonly known as Moldova. It is an inland state in Eastern Europe and borders on Romania and Ukraine.
・One of the states of the former Soviet Union.
・After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moldova declared independence in August 1991 as
Republic of Moldova.
・Moldova has a population of 3.6 million and its specialty is wine, but its economy is sluggish enough to be called the poorest nation in Europe.
・Moldovan women are famous for their beauty.