Sunday, July 29, 2012

Guiding HIDA (YKC) Participants around Kamakura

[Date & Time] Sunday, July 29, at 10:00~15:40
[Spots] Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Hasedera Temple, and Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha)
[Visitors] 46 participants from 5 countries, with 15 each from India and Thailand, 8 from China, and 4 each from Indonesia and the Philippines 
[Attendants] 14 KSGG members and 1 observer
[Languages] English, Thai, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese, etc.


  Forty three out of 46 participants came to Japan on July 24.  Three prospective nurses who came to Japan in May and took part in the Tanabata Festival in Hiratsuka joined this tour, and we were glad to see each other again.  At Kotokuin Temple many of the participants took rest in the shade because of the terrible heat.  After taking a group picture of us all, we gave them Japanese paper dolls in the open space outside the temple.  From many participants, we got many speeches of thanks, which made me forget how tired I was.