Ichigo-Ichie
Every year since 1991, 26 students and 11 faculty from 11 colleges and universities in England, New Zealand, and the United States travel to Japan for two weeks in June to participate in a journey of self-discovery and cultural exchange in Japan with the students and staff of Technos International College. We are all forever indebted to Dr. Tanaka, the man with the vision that has made this amazing voyage possible year after year.
Representing Carleton College in 2005 were students George Kachergis '07 and Maria Prom '08 and faculty member Éva Pósfay. Below you will find photographs from their Technos Fellowship experience.
The Carleton representatives, Maria, George, and Éva, all dressed in their yukatas at Hiranoya Ryokan. [Prom]
While exploring Hida Takayama, George and Maria stumbled across two stuffed versions of the town's symbolic creature. [Prom]
After an amazing lunch at Kawaguchiko we stepped outside to get a look at Mt. Fuji far off in the distance. [?]
A Carleton frisbee lesson. [Kachergis]
Our table at Kawaguchiko. [Wood]
Lunch at Kawaguchiko. [Wood]
Chance of a lifetime (Ichigo-Ichie)... Maria was able to try on a wedding kimono during one of the Technos International School's many cultural festivals. [?]
Luck cat in Hida Takayama. [Wood]
Japanese schoolchildren. [Kachergis]
Restaurant in Nagano. [Pósfay]
On the way to Kamakura. [Pósfay]
Shinjuku area in Tokyo. [Pósfay]
Rice paddy in Hida. [Pósfay]
Stroll around Midori-no-Mura. [Pósfay]
Breakfast at Midori-no-Mura. [Pósfay]
Onsen at Midori-no-Mura. [Pósfay]
Performance at Technos International College Tokyo. [Pósfay]
Technos International College outside Tokyo. [Pósfay]
George and Maria dining at Hiranoya Ryokan in Hida Takayama. [Pósfay]
Room at Hiranoya Ryokan in Hida Takayama. [Pósfay]
Making noodles in Chofu. [Pósfay]