The heavy rain arrived about an hour before the Fire Festival was due to begin. And did it rain - bucket loads of it! Despite this all our girls arived beautifully adorned in Kimono and looking gorgeous. After many photos the students were given an hour to explore the festival. The rain was so heavy that even umbrellas were insufficient to keep you dry. Surprisingly though, the rain did not douse the fires nor the students enthusiasm. After about an hour at the festival, the students went home to dry off. Tomo, our host, told us that it was the first time it had rained like that at the Fire Festival for 20 years. I was very proud of the way ALL the students took the weather conditions in their stride - maybe it has something to do with being Welingtonians!
Welcome Party
The Welcome Party was held on Saturday night with many of the students arriving in clothes they had purchased during the day. Once again all the students looked fabulous. As part of the celebration the students needed to perform, for the first time in Japan, their waiata and haka. They did a great job with the boys' haka going down particularly well.
Tomorrow we visit our first school.
Shame about the weather but glad to hear and see (in the photos) that the kids are all having a fabulous time. All these new experiences they will be so changed by it all. Have a great day at school.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the photos and updates. It was great chatting to Fern and Morgan on skype - what giggly gerts...they seem to be having a ball...
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