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2014 Visiting Kofu Higashi High School Report ６March 11, 2014

　The Kofu High school visit program leaves a great impression on me.
This program, promoted by both Todai and Kofu HS, is aimed at enhancing mutual understanding and communication between international students and local students about campus experience and motherland culture.

　The visit process started from group discussion, each group consisting of one international student and around 15 Japanese students.

　I prepared powerpoint slides printed out about Chinese culture, like traditional Chinese clothing, Lunyu, Mount Tai and Chinese cuisine. In China, we have various popular dumplings while fried dumplings gain popularity in Japan. Chinese Zongzi and mooncakes also attracted them so much that cooking method and the differences from Japanese origini raised their curiosity.

　The Japanese students are commonly shy. We took turns to share our interests and favorite items. Luckily, in my group, an outgoing local student led the whole group very active by sharing interesting topics, likes popular Japanese comics or popular daily phrases.

　After the discussion session, we had lunch with the group students. This was free time for Japanese students, so they came to chat with us, like ‘Do you like Mikasa-sann(a charming female character of a comics)’ and ‘Do you have a girlfriend’. The final part with Japanese Students was to clean their classroom. I have to say that their classroom was so clean that it took less than 20 minutes to refresh the classroom,

　This program really gave an impressive memory to me. I am hoping that I can meet them again to enjoy another fabulous time.
这次甲府东高校访问让我印象非常深刻。
活动的主要目的是和日本学生用彼此交流一下各自的学校生活，各自国家的文化。

我们分组进行交流，每组有一个国际学生和十几个日本高中生。
我准备了中国一些文化的照片，从包括汉服，论语，泰山以及一些中国美食。
在中国我们有馄饨，蒸包，生煎等各种小吃。这些非常有意思的小吃。还有中国的粽子，月饼等各种小吃，让我觉得非常有意思。

日本学生也向我介绍很多有意思的事情。有很多事情非常有趣，包括他们的漫画，日本的服饰，美食，还有他们最喜欢的富士山。

日本的学生大都比较羞涩。他们会一个接一个的把自己的内容很热心的分享给大家，但是到了自由讨论的环节他们就比较拘束。在我的小组，有一个日本学生非常活泼，一下子让整个小组的气氛变得非常活跃，我们讨论日本目前最流行的漫画，进击的巨人，火影忍者，讨论日本学生日常流行语。

中午的吃饭环节非常有趣。因为不是正式的上课时间，大家的气氛也比较放松。大家开始纷纷讨论。一些日本学生，开始问一些日常问题，恋爱问题特别引起日本女学生的兴趣。

项目最后的环节是和日本学生一起进行大扫除的活动，他们教室非常干净，不到20分钟的时间就完成了例行的教室清洁活动。
这次活动给我留下了非常美好的回忆，希望下次还能再有机会见到他们