2013. 6.28 Volume 62

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-Okinawa Field Trip

Nick Hayward,

Washinton State

University

-Summer Program

Japanese class and

Nikko trip

-Spring Program

Kamakura field trip

-Student Council

Sumo Event

IES Tokyo ShinbunIES Tokyo ShinbunIES Tokyo ShinbunIES Tokyo Shinbun 一般社団法人

IES Abroad全米大学連盟

After the Eisa Dance Workshop at Meio University (名桜大学エイサー部の皆さんと一緒に)

5月22日から25日の3泊4日で、春学期恒例

の沖縄修学旅行に行ってきました。

今回は毎回お世話になっている恩納村コミュ

ニティーセンターでの三線教室や、首里城や美

ら海水族館の見学に加え、新しく名桜大学エイ

サーサークルの皆さんによる、エイサー教室も

体験しました。部員の皆さんが熱心に教えてく

れたので、短い時間であっという間に習得する

ことが出来ました！

最後はみんなでカチャーシーを踊り、名桜大

学の学生さんとの交流を楽しみました。とても

短い時間だったので、帰りのバスはみんなとて

も名残惜しそうでしたが。沖縄での素敵な思い

出の一つになりました。

IESの修学旅行は、学生に普段とは違う環境

で、違う視点から日本を見てもらおう目的地の

選定、日程の計画をしています。

日本の中でも沖縄は、地理的に学生たちだけ

での行動は難しいのはもちろん、言葉や歴史、

文化など、本州とは全く違う特徴があります。

今学期の学生たちは、初めてのものにも積極

的に挑戦し、普段の生活で接する食べ物や文化と

は一味違う琉球文化を、体験していました。

次のページでは、旅行に参加した学生Nick

Hayward（ワシントン州立大学）のブログを通し

て学生たちの沖縄旅行の様子をご紹介します！

Spring semester went to the long field

trip to Okinawa from May 22nd to 25th this

year.

The highlight of the trip this year is the

Eisa (Okinawan dance) workshop by the Eisa

club at Meio University. Although we have a

short time for the workshop, thanks to the

hard work of the club members, the students

were able to learn a song to dance!

We also had the Sanshin (Okinawan

guitar) workshop at Onnason village communi-

ty center. The itinerary were filled with other

visits such as the shurijo castle or the Churau-

mi aquarium as well.

IES Abroad Tokyo Center chose the

destinations and plans the field trips to help

the students to see other sides of Japan,

different from what they normally see in

their daily life.

Spring semester goes to Okinawa not

only because it’s far geographically, but also

it has totally different culture from the main

island of Japan as well as food and lan-

guage. Also understanding the history of

Okinawa is very important while the stu-

dents study abroad in Japan.

The students this semester tried all

the new things they face and enjoyed the

Okinawan culture fully during the program.

You will

find some of the

experiences the

students had

through Nick

Hayward’s blog in

next page!

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My last stop before leaving Okinawa was Kokusai Street. It’s a

mile long street with a ton of different shops and お土産

(Souvenirs). I picked up some last minute gifts for my friends and family back home, which this place was not short in supply of. There was the Ryukyu glasses everywhere, as well as the Shisha figurines too, this is the Okinawa Kun. It resembles a lion and it always comes in a pair with an open and closed mouth, the open mouth lets in good spirits, while the closed mouth blocks evil. It was great last minute stop before leaving Okinawa and great place to get really good deals on souvenirs. We shopped around for about and 2 hours and went into various shops before heading to lunch. We had a de-lecious lunch, it was a Teppanyaki style restaurant (like Be-nihana’s) called Sam’s Sailor Inn and is famous, and they put on a great show. All in all I had a great time in Okinawa, and despite the

not so great weather, I had a blast.

SanshinSanshinSanshinSanshin

I haven’t played the guitar since I was in elemen-tary, and playing the Sanshin brought back a lot of those memory. After about 15 minutes or so, muscle memory kicked in and I was playing Do Re Me Fa So La. After about 30 mins I was playing my first song, it was only 2 different

melodies. It was really cool though, cause we were reading the music

in Japanese.

It was great cul-tural experience and I we got to learn a little bit

more about Okinawa.

Sanshin literally means three strings and is often related to a banjo, it consists of a snakeskin-covered body, neck and three strings. Originally a product of China from the old Ryukyu King-dom, it came to Japan in the 16th century, and spread across Japan. It’s

a large part of Okinawan culture and their love of music.

Check out his awesome blog to find out more of his experiences in Oki-

nawa and in Japan!: http://nickhayward.wordpress.com/category/japan/

The student council organized several

events during the semester to help the group

to learn and have better understanding of Jap-

anese culture.

The council members of the spring se-

mester has been great on providing the several

opportunities for the students to touch unique

part of Japanese culture. One of the event for

the semester is the Sumo.

The group met in Ryogoku in the morning

to get the day ticket because the council mem-

bers know how to enjoy cheap! Then, the group

went to Asakusa to check out the Sanja Festi-

val which was held on that weekend. There

were so many locals and tourist for the festi-

val!

After some walks and delicious lunch in

Asakusa, the group went back to Ryogoku to

watch the sumo matches. The later matches

are much more entertaining as the matches

increase in experience as the day progresses

for sumo so the group was there at the right

time. The stadium was packed with people

watching the matches and was very exciting!

Everyone had a great day seeing the

sumo matches for the first time and even get

to explore Asakusa during the famous Sanja

festival!

5月30日に到着した夏学期プログラムの43名の学生たちは、東京に滞

在しながら、日本語の勉強、観光にと毎日楽しく生活を送っています。

短期のプログラムですが、学期と同じくらい盛りだくさんでいろいろな

体験をし、日本語と日本文化を勉強します。

ここでは日本語クラスの授業の様子と日光旅行の様子をご紹介します。

先日日本語のプログラムの一環として、神田にある神田外語学院の学生さんと一緒に日本料理を作りました。

写真は日本語300のクラスの学生さんたちの料理教室の様子です。3グループに分かれてお好み焼き、たこ焼き、クリーム白玉を作りました。初めての日

本料理でしたが、どのグループもとても上手にできました。この日は同世代の日本人の友達もできて、日米の友達とのコミュニケーションなどの違いにつ

いても盛り上がりました。

Nikko is just a few hours away from Tokyo and it is a great area to visit.

Not to mention the Toshogu Shrine, UNESCO World Heritage, there are

also the Tamozawa Imperial Villa, the Ryuokyo Ravine and more beau-

tiful nature.

The students visited the site as an over night field trip and spent some-

time explore the area. Also, they experienced hot springs and the Nik-

ko wood curving which is the special technique followed in Nikko with

the unique knife, hikkaki.

IES IES IES IES 全米大学連盟 東京留学センター全米大学連盟 東京留学センター全米大学連盟 東京留学センター全米大学連盟 東京留学センター

IES (Institute for the International Education of Students)は、1950年アメリカ・シカゴにInstitute of European Studiesとして設立された米国

非営利国際教育機関です。学生達に未知の世界、新たな学問領域、世界における多様な価値観の存在を認識させ、育成していくため、質

の高い海外留学プログラムを生み出してきました。以来６０年、Institute for the International Education of Studentsと名前を改め、アメリ

カ・シカゴに本部を置き、全米１７５校を超える大学との提携により、成績優秀（評定平均にして最低４段階中３以上）な学生を、アジ

ア、オーストラリア、ヨーロッパ、そしてラテン・アメリカにある３１都市の大学へ送り出し、地球的規模の国際理解教育プログラム開

発・運営を展開してきました。

〒261-0023

千葉市美浜区中瀬1-7-1 SCECビル3F

Tel: 043(211)8678/Fax: 043(211)8677

URL: http://www.iesabroad.org

外国人のインターン学生を受け入れてみませんか外国人のインターン学生を受け入れてみませんか外国人のインターン学生を受け入れてみませんか外国人のインターン学生を受け入れてみませんか????

IESの留学生（アメリカの大学3、４年生）は大学の授業の一環とし

て、日本で社会体験（インターンシップ）を行っています。 学生

への報酬等は一切無料です。仕事のアシスタントとして、また職場

での国際交流としてアメリカ人学生を活用してみませんか。詳しく

は石川までご連絡下さい。

E-mail: mishikawa@iestokyo.org

発行元：IES東京留学センター (IES Abroad Tokyo Center)

編集人：李亨恵（いーひょんへ）

ご意見、ご感想をお寄せ下さい: hlee@iestokyo.org

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みなさんのお友達、ご近所の方でホストファミリーにご関心ご興味

をお持ちの方がいらっしゃいましたらぜひご紹介下さい。 IES東京

センターでは年間を通してホストファミリーを募集しています。詳

しくはホームステイ担当、石川までご連絡下さい。

E-mail: mishikawa@iestokyo.org

Both Spring and Summer programs went to

Kamakura for their field trip. It is one of the

very hot spots to visit in this season. Be-

cause Kamakura is famous with the beauti-

ful hydrangeas in the rainy seasons, there

were so many tourists enjoying temples and

shrines hopping.

The pictures are from the day the Spring semester students visit-

ed the sites. We were very lucky and had a such a nice weather on

that day!

We started from Engakuji temple and had a free time for lunch in

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu and the area. There are so many little shops

with souvenirs and street food, but the best ones were definitely the

ice cream shops! There were matcha, Beniimo and mango flavors be-

sides the basic flavors like vanilla and chocolate. Some of us went

back to the shops to try different

flavors!

And then, the group headed

to see the Great Budda, Daibutsu.

The Daibutsu was so big and it’s

still not the biggest in Japan! The

last visit for the day was Hasedera

temple and the students enjoyed

the beautiful view of the Yuigaha-

ma beach from the top of the hill.

The E-pals also joined the

event and the students had a won-

derful sunny day in Kamakura with

the friends.