Yesterday, I went on a field trip for the Japanese 1 class (including some students from the Japanese 2-4, like me haha). We went to Sanbogi Agricultural High School in Towada to plant rice. :) Oh yeah, and have a mud race! I wasn't able to take pictures of us actually planting (obviously BECAUSE I was in the fields, haha). However, my Japanese teacher was kind enough to take pictures while we were in the hot sun bending over to plant rice! :) Thank you!
Here are some pictures from the field trip! =D
Introductory Ceremony
Getting the rice plants!
Before getting into the muddy fields
Getting ready for our positions
On your mark... get set... GO! (They fired a shotgun! =])
Bending over in the hot sun doing ROW by ROW by ROW...
Here's me planting rice! =)
After 2 1/2 hours of hard-working... WALAH! The rice fields have been planted! XD
Little Japanese elementary students dropped by to say GANBATTE! (Do your best!)
Ones with blue hats... HOW CUTE ^__^;
Here are the pictures I took with my camera. =)
Look how tiny they are! =D
The "mud race" time of the day... *;] Read the sign... it says "Mud Flag FESTIBAL" LOL
Here's the audience!!! =)
The American boys get ready for position...
BUT the American girls ran the race MANLY *;] Hahah
Free lunch they gave us! =D Aquarius water & a bowl of CURRY (with soup too, but I ate it all by the time I took this picture... hahaha)
Going farm-animal sight-seeing! A cat under the shade of a tree
BINGO! Haha, they were such pretty dogs... but they ran away. =( (Warning: Don't look on the ground)
Neyyyyy... =) Horsie!
Ostrich on the run.... =O
AH! It came super close to us! It's so tall!
Fish pond...
I thought these were pretty =)
All of us!
It was a really HOT and tiring but FUN-filled day! =) It was a really good experience. :) My whole body is completely SORE from yesterday though. =/ My legs, my arms, my back... hahaha! I'll never forget the slimy, gooey mud rushing through my toes. xP OH. & I saw dragonflies, moths, WORMS, & tiny frogs on the mud as we were planting the rice. x_x" AHHH! I got really dirty (with mud stuck in my fingernails & toenails), but hey! It's only once in awhile! *;]
The best thing about Japan is going out there and having an adventure! =D
The best thing about Japan is going out there and having an adventure! =D
