Day 2, 6/22/15, Orientation and free time in Tokyo

 

Ms. Lee visited the busy Tsukiji Fish Market at 4:30am
This fish market has $15.5 Millions of tuna auction on a daily basis

 

Lots of people lined up at the sashimi shop before dawn

 

Ms. Lee ordered some freshest sashimi at 5:00am, yum!

 

Ms. Lee enjoyed a second traditional Japanese breakfast before the first official day of business in the hotel

 

Let the show being!

 

Look at Ms. Lee's Japanese name

 

Mr. Hattori is the International Educators to Japan Program leader

 

Ms. Wakita is the assistant in the IEJ program

 

Mr. Harima is another assistant in the IEJ program

 

Mr. Yutaka Hoshino is the principal of Tachiai Elementary School who gave an impressive speech on Japanese education

 

Preschool and kindergarten

 

Elementary School class sizes

 

Middle School schedule

 

High School is not mendatory

 

Not everyone goes to college

 

Special Education services

 

School made lunch

 

Everyone cleans the classrooms

 

Swimming lessons on campus

 

Music classes include many non-orchestral instruments

 

5th Grade Math class includes study of geometry

 

Students hands-on rice planting

 

School sports event

 

String Quartet concert is school gym

 

Principal conducts school concert

 

Kanji writing lesson

After the orientation meeting, Ms. Lee took the train to see the Imperial Palace and downtown Tokyo

 

Ms. Lee at the Imperial Palace

 

The bridge that takes one to the Imperial Palace

 

A martial art competition was being held behind this gate

 

With a short subway ride, the mid-town Tokyo looks amazing

 

The view from the 45th floor of Ritz-Carlton Hotel

 

Ms. Lee at a noodle shop inside a fancy shopping center

 

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