Thursday, April 18, 2013

Hiking around Kamakura with Junior High School Students of Yokosuka Base



[Date & Time] Thursday, April 18, at 9:00~12:30
[Spots] Wakamiya-oji Street, Kamakura City Hall, Zeniarai Benten Shrine, Genjiyama Park, Daibutsu Hiking Trail, Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha), Yuigahama Beach, and Underground Parking Lot of Yuigahama Beach
[Visitors] 79 visitors (70 second-year junior high school students and 9 teachers and mothers)
[Attendants] 8 KSGG members
[Language] English


 Two school buses arrived at Wakamiya-oji Street a little after 9:00 a.m.  As the party walked into the Genjiyama Hiking Trail through a residential area, some of the students got excited and effervesced.  The teacher told them to clear the way for passersby and behave themselves as decent Americans.  We visited Zeniarai Benten Shrine and Genjiyama Park, where we took a rest.  Then we walked to Kotokuin Temple along the hiking trail.  The hill was covered with fresh green leaves and the birds were singing.  We enjoyed the nature to the full.  After seeing the Great Buddha, we had lunch in the precincts in a rush and then strolled along Yuigahama Beach.