[Date and Time] Sunday, April 11, at 11:00 ~ 16:40
[Spots] Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Hasedera Temple, Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha)
[Participants] 22 participants from 17 countries, with 2 each from Turkey, Morocco, and
Tunisia, 1 each from Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Palestine, Vanuatu, Marshall Islands,
Pakistan, El Salvador, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Serbia, Botswana, India, Vietnam.
and 2 special guests from JICA
[Attendants] 33 KSGG members and 4 observers
In Kamakura, the Great Spring Festival parade was going on from Wakamiya Street to Hachimangu Shrine by marching bands, the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, samurai warriors, and other groups. Above all, the parade of samurai warriors attracted all of the JICA participants. “Oh, wonderful!” one of them cried and took pictures of samurai warriors. Also, another participant, who said, “I’ve read a history of Japan in English,” watched the parade of samurai warriors, looking very happy.
Enjoying the Kamakura Festival with Moroccan participants.
I guided three Moroccan and Tunisian participants in French. Cherry blossoms were in full bloom along Dankazura. Suddenly, a samurai appeared in front of us to roll time back into the Kamakura period. Young people were carrying a portable shrine on their shoulders, shouting “Wasshoi, Wasshoi!” According to a woman participant of Morocco, who came to Japan from Marakeshu to study about the management of water resources, desertification is running to cause water shortages there on account of global warming. This woman, water resources manager, had already visited some dams during her 4-week stay in Japan to study about water resources. She said proudly that, back in her country, she would work out a plan to fight Morocco’s water shortage problem. At the end of our tour, she said, “I am so glad and happy to watch a wonderful Kamakura Festival and meet a splendid guide-san today. Shukran (Thank you).”
[Spots] Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Hasedera Temple, Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha)
[Participants] 22 participants from 17 countries, with 2 each from Turkey, Morocco, and
Tunisia, 1 each from Saudi Arabia, Myanmar, Palestine, Vanuatu, Marshall Islands,
Pakistan, El Salvador, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Serbia, Botswana, India, Vietnam.
and 2 special guests from JICA
[Attendants] 33 KSGG members and 4 observers
In Kamakura, the Great Spring Festival parade was going on from Wakamiya Street to Hachimangu Shrine by marching bands, the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, samurai warriors, and other groups. Above all, the parade of samurai warriors attracted all of the JICA participants. “Oh, wonderful!” one of them cried and took pictures of samurai warriors. Also, another participant, who said, “I’ve read a history of Japan in English,” watched the parade of samurai warriors, looking very happy.
Enjoying the Kamakura Festival with Moroccan participants.
I guided three Moroccan and Tunisian participants in French. Cherry blossoms were in full bloom along Dankazura. Suddenly, a samurai appeared in front of us to roll time back into the Kamakura period. Young people were carrying a portable shrine on their shoulders, shouting “Wasshoi, Wasshoi!” According to a woman participant of Morocco, who came to Japan from Marakeshu to study about the management of water resources, desertification is running to cause water shortages there on account of global warming. This woman, water resources manager, had already visited some dams during her 4-week stay in Japan to study about water resources. She said proudly that, back in her country, she would work out a plan to fight Morocco’s water shortage problem. At the end of our tour, she said, “I am so glad and happy to watch a wonderful Kamakura Festival and meet a splendid guide-san today. Shukran (Thank you).”