{"id":3873,"date":"2023-11-28T10:45:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T01:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/?p=3873"},"modified":"2023-11-28T12:08:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T03:08:15","slug":"international-course-news-no-34-students-from-the-federated-states-of-micronesia-visited-our-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/2023\/11\/international-course-news-no-34-students-from-the-federated-states-of-micronesia-visited-our-school.html","title":{"rendered":"International Course NEWs No. 34  Students from the Federated States of Micronesia visited our school"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> On Thursday, November 16th, six high school students from the Federated States of Micronesia, along with members of Konan City and the Konan City International Association, visited Bihoku High School. High school students from Micronesia observed five classes: \u201cInformation,\u201d \u201cLanguage and Culture,\u201d \u201cHealth Education,\u201d \u201cPhysics,\u201d and \u201cEnglish Communication\u201d. In the afternoon, they had an international exchange activity with 40 Japanese students from Class 1-7 in the international course in order to introduce each other&#8217;s countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Japanese culture introduction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> Japanese students from the International Course introduced various aspects of Japanese culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Group1: Traditional Japanese toys *<em>Kendama<\/em><\/li><li>Group2: Japanese snacks<\/li><li>Group3: Japanese summer festivals<\/li><li>Group4: Japanese food *rice balls <em>\u2018Onigiri\u2019 <\/em>and sweets<\/li><li>Group5: <em>Origami <\/em><\/li><li>Group6: Japanese \u2018<em>Kawaii<\/em> culture\u2019<\/li><li>Group7: Five types of <em>Sumo <\/em>(arm wrestling, finger wrestling, push sumo, <em>etc.<\/em>)<\/li><li>Group8:  Japanese school uniforms <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"419\" height=\"498\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-26.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3861\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/2023\/11\/post-3856.html\/image-26-8\" class=\"wp-image-3861\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-26.png 419w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-26-252x300.png 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"471\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3863\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/2023\/11\/post-3856.html\/image-28-8\" class=\"wp-image-3863\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-28.png 627w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-28-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-28-482x361.png 482w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-28-80x60.png 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"386\" height=\"514\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3860\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/2023\/11\/post-3856.html\/image-25-8\" class=\"wp-image-3860\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-25.png 386w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-25-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"680\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-31.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3866\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/2023\/11\/post-3856.html\/image-31-8\" class=\"wp-image-3866\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-31.png 510w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-31-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"538\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-27.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3862\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/2023\/11\/post-3856.html\/image-27-8\" class=\"wp-image-3862\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-27.png 718w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-27-300x225.png 300w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-27-482x361.png 482w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-27-80x60.png 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"505\" height=\"674\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-30.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3865\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/2023\/11\/post-3856.html\/image-30-8\" class=\"wp-image-3865\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-30.png 505w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-30-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"523\" height=\"569\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-29.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3864\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/2023\/11\/post-3856.html\/image-29-8\" class=\"wp-image-3864\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-29.png 523w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-29-276x300.png 276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"629\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-33.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3868\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/2023\/11\/post-3856.html\/image-33-6\" class=\"wp-image-3868\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-33.png 472w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-33-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> The students from international course were divided into eight groups and gave presentations in English on the above topics. The students from the Federated States of Micronesia not only listened to explanations, but also took part in joint activities, making <em>onigiri<\/em>, folding <em>origami<\/em>, playing <em>kendama<\/em>, wearing school uniforms and <em>yukatas<\/em>, and competing in push sumo wrestling. They seemed to really enjoy their introduction to Japanese culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction to the Federated States of Micronesia<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> The students from the Federated States of Micronesia gave presentations about their country. We were able to learn about Micronesia&#8217;s history, clothing, food, and schools. Also, when pictures of the very beautiful island scenery and emerald sea were introduced, everyone who was there felt a strong desire to visit the Micronesian islands and see their beauty first-hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"524\" height=\"467\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-32.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3867\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/2023\/11\/post-3856.html\/image-32-7\" class=\"wp-image-3867\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-32.png 524w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-32-300x267.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"522\" src=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-34.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3869\" data-link=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/2023\/11\/post-3856.html\/image-34-6\" class=\"wp-image-3869\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-34.png 886w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-34-300x177.png 300w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-34-768x452.png 768w, http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-34-840x495.png 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nThrough this exchange, the students were able to get to know each other, and they felt much closer to each other. It was a great experience that made us think that this kind of grassroots exchange is a strong basis for peace.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, November 16th, six high school students from the Federated States of Micronesia, along &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3873"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3889,"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3873\/revisions\/3889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cms.aichi-c.ed.jp\/kdc-mas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}