Monday, August 4, 2014

Guiding the Families of the Participants of International Conference at Shonan International Village around Enoshima Island



[Date & Time] Monday, August 4, at 9:30~16:30
[Spot] Enoshima Island (Enoshima Shrine, Samuel Cocking Park, Enoshima Observation Lighthouse, and Enoshima Iwaya Cave
[Visitors] 4 children (2 from China, 1 girl from Germany and 1 boy from the U.S.) and 1 Chinese chaperon
[Language] English
[Attendant] 1 KSGG member

  For the families of the attendants of the conference, three optional tours were requested by the sponsor of the conference.  I was in charge of guiding one group of them.  The visitors met one another for the first time on that day, and 4 members out of 5 were children, which made me feel apprehensive about.  During the tour on Enoshima Island, however, we could go sightseeing in all the places which we had planned to visit.  In the severe heat the participants took a drink properly.  We ended the tour without any trouble.  This tour also left us several points to think over:  The sightseeing was done soon after they came to Japan; we were requested to go to the places they liked; younger children had to take care of themselves, taking lunch, drinking properly, preventing themselves from sunstroke.  Anyway I hope they enjoyed this tour in Japan.