Saturday, August 18, 2012

Guiding JICA Participants around Kamakura

[Date & Time] Saturday, August 18, at 11:00~17:17
[Spots] Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Hasedera Temple, Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha), and Yuigahama Beach
[Visitors] 17 JICA participants from 10 countries, with 2 each from China, Brazil, Paraguay, El Salvador, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Ecuador, and 1 each from Panama, Honduras, and Argentina
[Attendants] 16 KSGG members and 1 observer


Most of the participants spoke only Spanish. The Argentine participant, who could speak English, asked me how Japanese way of thinking had changed in the samurai period. I answered " Strong people always defeated weaker people in that era. They had to discipline themselves from their childhood in order not to lose in both martial arts and intelligence, which was very important.  I think we still have the same idea even now."