July 9, 2013

San-J

"Today w went to the San-J soy sauce factory. San-J is a company based out Japan that specialize Tamari, a gluten-free soy sauce. After a presentation on the San-J company, we dawned our hairnets and toured the flavorful fragrant factory. We learned much about the soy sauce process (without taking pictures) and afterwards, we received a very generous gift of soy sauce, Tamari and portable plastic-ware." -Blogger Company

Lunch at Kabuto

"Today, we had lunch at Kabuto: A Japanese Restaurant in Richmond. We all had miso soup served along side a choice of chicken, pork, salmon or tofu. It was a bento style Japanese lunch. Not only the food was delicious, we had a great social time with friends, RAs and teachers!" - Courtney G.

Japanese Market.

"To finish up our final field trip, we went to a Japanese store called "Tokyo Market". We certainly surprised the woman behind the counter when the entire Japanese academy filled the small store. Everyone browsed the aisles of foreign foods and treats Everyone exited with bags full of chopsticks, candies, tea cups and more! It really was a good way to en dour last field trip of academy." -Amber S.

Beginners Japanese
"Today the beginners' class had a quiz on katakana, the second alphabet beginners have to learn. Katakana consists of 46 main characters and 25 sounds that are based off of the main characters. This means that your child knows at least 142 Japanese characters! from this point on, the beginners are having essay questions for homework that are to be answered completely in nihongo. Going from zero to writing complete paragraphs in two and one half weeks in an amazing feat. Be sure to congratulate your child on how far he or she has come." -Adam K.