30 June 2015: Field Trip to Richmond

Taking a break from the classroom setting, the students took a field trip to the VMFA museum and Cary Street in downtown Richmond. In the museum, the students were able to view the traditional Japanese art and analyze the artistry of historical and present painters and sculptors. These pieces encompassed Japanese values of symbolism that the students studied Monday including the red sun, cranes, and bamboo, as well as the Japanese alphabets that the students have studied for the past week.

During Lunch, Vi-San admired the artwork in the museum's garden. 

After lunch in the museum's garden, the students were able to walk around a vintage shopping strip including stores such as the traditional Tokyo market where students bought chop sticks and authentic Japanese snacks. Overall, the field trip further introduced the students to Japanese culture while picking up a few unique goods along the way.

-Parrish-san

In Tokyo Market, Amy-san checks out with her Japanese
goods. The store carries everything from noodles to candies
that the students bought to enjoy in their dorms. 

While touring around Carytown, Harry-san tries on
merchandise in Soda Pop and Candy Shop. "It was
cool to shop in stores that had so many Japanese
goods for sale," Harry-san said. 

10 July 2014: Shopping in Carytown

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Word of the day: bijutsukan (art museum)

Today, the Japanese Academy visited the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Students were allowed to roam around the museum for most of the morning. After a few hours, all the students got into their companies toured the museum with the museum curators, visiting exhibits such as the Japanese and East Asian galleries. After the tour, we were able to enjoy some delicious Panera catering for lunch and then headed to Carytown.

-Matias マティアス

Kitchenware inside Tokyo Market

Today we were able to visit the shopping district in Richmond, called Carytown.  We went there in particular to visit a shop named Tokyo Market. The store featured various Japanese items  such as food, drinks, candy chopsticks, dining ware and much more. The students were excited to see many types of Japanese candy and snacks.

-Melissa