Junten Junior High School / Senior High School

From this year, Taiwan has been added to one of the destinations for the Junten Senior High School’s School Trip. Here is the school report:
The students who chose to go to Taiwan was preparing for the trip since last fall. Junten invited a lecturer Mr.Katakura from Taiwan to provide opportunities for the students to learn about Taiwan.

The school trip was a four nights and five days and the students left on July 25th.  On the first day, the group visited Kokyu National Museum guided by a local Taiwanese high school students who study Japanese. 

★Second Day (Morning) @ Wulai : Watched the local dance and visited local museums. 。
★Second Day (Afternoon) Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, National Memorial 228 Museum and Longshan Temple.

★Third Day (Morning) : Cultural Exchange Event with Tapei Private Dongshan High School.
Junten students enjoy a taiko concert performed by Dongshan students, and Junten students showed how to play a Japanese game. 

★Third Day (Afternoon) : The groups visited Shifen, then Jiufen, where students enjoyed eating and shopping sourveniors. 

★Forth Day : Visited Tam Kang University and attended a lecture provided by Dr.Sha, who is a renowned Haruki Murakami researcher.

After the lecture, one student accompanied one Junten student group and the groups went from Tam Sui district to a hotel in Taiwan. Students worked on their research and reports at the hotel, then they went to Shilin District’s Night Market.

★Last Day : Went to Taipei 101 and this is the end of the trip. 

【Students’ Commentss】
① I didn’t understand the local language, so I was nervous at first, but there were also English translations next to the texts. So I was happy that I have learned English. People in Taiwan were so nice and kind, so I felt comfortable. 
② Anywhere I went, I saw something new that I had not seen in Japan. It was such valuable experience to me. I have been interested in the difference between Taiwan and Japan, and this trip made me interested in the culture more. The cities look slightly different from Japan. The food was great and I am so happy I went to Taiwan!
③ I was able to expand my network in Taiwan that helped me deepen my knowledge about the country and form the ideas for my research.