The international assosication known as Rotary promotes each year voyage that all citizen between the ages of 26 and 40, male and female, and of all backgrounds - should know about - because it is a Rotary-funded six week study aboard and anything can apply to be a part of this important life experience. If you are this age group - you could enjoy the kind of perceive that is described in my notes in this article. To find out more about the program go to the international Rotary website and search for Gse - Group Study change - and perceive your local Rotary Club for more information.
Our adventures continued:
April 15th -- Friday:
Antonio San went off to Kyushu University in Fukuoka today, Monica San to Fukuoka Parish priest Center, Julia San to Kyusyu Keiso Inc., and Harry San to Kurume Fire Station.
It was a day of similarities for me. Teiko dawned her leather jacket (as I would from my closet), walked with me into town (as I would in our wee town), stopped at the hair salon for a quick wash and dry (as I would in town) and when we arrived for our shopping trip we immediately liked the same things - without much language transportation - it was easy to have a fun day.
We boarded the train in the middle of the small town, about four blocks walk (as if you were on the main line in the Philadelphia area) - and arrived in Fukuoka in a big new underground shopping mall (looking like Valley Fair) - about 30 minutes on the train. We breezed straight through there, and up on the street found lunch on a side street - entering straight through the sliding doors to a Japanese style bar and a lovely sushi lunch. We took our shoes off every where - along with here for lunch. Teiko said that the best stores were over the street - Daimaru and L'Equipe Yoshie Inaba (Neiman Marcus and Saks of Fukuoka). We cruzed the designer departments - names that we both knew of illustrious Italian, American and French designers. Teiko headed for her favorite division - yep I like that one too - and we both made a purchase, a pretty silk skirt for me. Teiko's daughter, Miki joined us with her daughter (Teiko's grandchildren are very sweet and well mannered) - and we stopped on the lower floor to buy some chicken for later (it looked like the fantastic food shopping at Harrods in London (only Japanese selections that made you stop in amazement to take it all in). Fast we were back on the train - off at the stop in Ogori - and picked up some fresh vegetables from the farmer's market (like in Los Gatos, my home) and stopped at the fish store - for the party that night.
Hiroshi and Teiko have a beautiful Japanese garden exterior their back door. There house is ample but not big - and there is a lot of clever storage area, like cabinets all colse to the top of the kitchen and a shed area on the back porch to store kitchen items. Their office is a front building that sits on the street - and the house sits in back. citizen from Hiroshi's Rotary Club started to arrive and a barbeque - like none that I'd seen before - was created in my honor. It's not true - I'm not getting skinnier here - there is an endless option of fish (raw and cooked), meats, vegetables, ice cream, cakes - it was a very festive occasion out in their back yard garden. The citizen at the party seem to nothing else but enjoy one an additional one - and the Japanese men love magic. Each of the men in turn had magic tricks and we all ohhed and ahhed and wondered how they did that. We sat for a long time at the picnic table and talked about our lives - and Ai translated. It's kind of a nice conversation when one person makes a comment, then translation, and then another. I met the second women Rotarian that I've met here - she's in Hiroshi's Club - where there are three women. She had lots of questions about the perceive of women in Rotary in my country - and was it difficult for women there. I noticed that the men all sat at the tables, mostly by themselves (except I joined in), and the women did all the work. The women joined the table when the work was done. One of the men wanted to know if I was a natural blonde - and wasn't blonde a movie star (a compliment). The women laughed that the "dumb blonde" joke was the same the world over - and in Japan too (a similarity). My perceive here is that citizen are so generous, and I had some invitations for sightseeing and dinner - and one to visit a firm where they make fine women's clothing - stitched by hand - for illustrious labels - that should be fun.
April 16th - Saturday:
We we began our travels we landed in Fukuoka and went by train to Omuta - this route was from north to south - with Omuta relatively in the middle of the island - and our travels have taken us to points in between, along with Ogori. Today we were headed to Yanagawa - between Kurume City and Omuta. Yanagawa is where Mr. Tachibana (he's the Rotary District Governor - and a direct descendant of the Shogun) and his wife own a hotel - where the Rotary District consulation is being held. Hiroshi drove us there with Gps in his car ( it's voice activated and you can also put in a phone number to plot your destination). Chizuka, the Tachibana's daughter, greeted us at the door of the hotel - and the others of my team were soon to arrive. It's a nothing else but picturesque spot - with canals running straight through the gardens -that they used to use to deliver sake and soy sauce - and tomorrow night we'll have a party on the canal boats. I'm staying at the Tachibana's house (they're my host family now) - and it's a big contemporary house behind the hotel.
We're the Gse team - decked out in our blue blazers - and it's the occasion night of the District consulation - and a ceremonial party. The flowers on the table and the place settings reflect the high class status of Rotary in Japan. We're seated right in front of the stage with Izumi, Mika, Hisa and Kenji (Gse leaders) at our table. We all criticism as the dinner aid begins - because there are five glasses set - and they poured each of us champagne, beer, sake, red wine, white wine (we wondered which to drink) - along with an additional one intricately prepared dinner. Assorted citizen spoke, and then we got up to greet each other. A illustrious movie director in Japan was there to speak in the afternoon and was there for the dinner - Obayashi Nobuhiko. When I chatted with him, he told me that George Lucas wrote nine sequels for Star Wars, but stopped after six - because he determined that he needed to generate movies called Star Peace (Rotary has stood world-wide for 'peace') - and that his movies were also about Japanese culture, nature and citizen living together in harmony. Then there was magic - yes, the entertainment was a magician who we all enjoyed. Many citizen throughout the evening recognized the Gse team - we stood for recognition, the magician was playful with us, the Ri representative acknowledged us - and we received the "happi kimono" from the District Governor.
This report is a series -- so read on -- and many days effect in our fantastic adventure!
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