Saturday, January 16, 2010

Guiding JICA Participants around Kamakura--Absorbing in Surfing Topics

[Date and Time] Saturday, January 16, at 11:00 ~ 16:30
[Place] Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Hasedera Temple, and Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha)
[Participants] 33 participants from 17 countries, with 8 from Brazil, 3 each from Thailand, India and Myanmar, 2 each from Nigeria, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea, 1 each from Mauritius, Ghana, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Samoa, Kenya, Uruguay, Ecuador, Solomon Islands and Oman.
[Attendants] 25 KSGG members and 1 observer

There are many participants from warm countries this time, especially 8 largest members from Brazil.
They shivered from cold at first, but when they saw the sea out Enoden’s window, every one of them forgot about it, came to life, and began to talk about surfing as they took pictures.
At Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, they were fascinated by the elegance of its architecture. At Komachi-dori Street, when they saw handiworks like “Kamakura” carvings, they said, “The Japanese are a very sentient and dexterous people.” At Hasedera Temple, its garden was fragrant with Japanese allspices and ume, the Japanese apricots, that burst into bloom.