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20 |           CULTURAL STUDIES



        JAPAN TOUR

        In December, twenty two students together with four
        members of Staff travelled to Japan for the biennial
        Japan Cultural Studies tour.
        In addition to visiting our sister schools in Nagoya,
        the extensive fifteen-day itinerary was peppered with
        many sightseeing highlights, including new destinations
        that took the group to places not usually experienced
        by tourists.
        Their first stop was a visit to the Hiroshima Peace
        Museum where they listened to A-Bomb survivors talk
        about the effects of nuclear war then and now. They
        also presented 1,000 paper cranes that students in
        Years 7-11 had made over the course of the year, whilst
        local students interviewed our students on the concept
        of peace.  The following day the group visited Miyajima
        Island, where they were fortunate enough to witness a
        traditional Shinto wedding.
        BMGS has ‘sister school’ relationships with two
        schools in Nagoya and, during the visit to Yamada High
        School, the students had the opportunity to undertake
        activities like calligraphy and a tea ceremony as well as
        helping Japanese students with their English.
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