Saturday, June 5, 2010

Guiding JICA Participants around Kamakura—Asashoryu is a Hero in Mongolia.


[Date and Time] Saturday, June 5, at 11:00~16:50
[Spots] Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Hasedera Temple, and Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha)
[Visitors] 22 participants from 17 countries, with 3 each from Mongolia and Colombia, 2 from Peru, and 1 each from Cambodia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Philippines, China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Nicaragua, Argentina, Mexico, Brazil, Jamaica, and Sri Lanka
[Attendants] 26 KSGG members and 3 observers

We had the participants in this tour from Mongolia after a long time. Since their country is landlocked, they were delighted to see it and absorbed in taking pictures of it. Especially, they liked Enoshima, a very small island. We happened to talk about a sumo wrestler, Asashoryu. They said that he is a hero in Mongolia, and that the people are proud of him and respected him.
As June is the season of hydrangeas, we went to Hasedera Temple to see them in the afternoon, but we were disappointed that only a few of them were in full bloom there.