Pottery Village and English Classes

      Today we went and visited the Pottery Village and got to make our own pottery, which is called Kuro Satsuma. This area is famous for their Satsuma Pottery. In contrast to the white pottery which was exclusively for the upper class, the black style, Kuro Satsuma, was widely cherished among common people. Items such as tea pots, tea cups, and such which are commonly found in Kuro Satsuma, are items deeply rooted to the people`s daily lives. Mrs.Fenley made a Mickey Mouse clock and the rest of us made plates. This year, we got to paint the insides of our plates, which no other group has done before.
      After arriving back at the school, we ate lunch in the cafeteria (only one choice for all), then went to a class and participated in a game with some of the High School Juniors from the school. The game was very interesting, even though we could barely understand the other students. In one game, the Japanese students read something in Japanese, converted it to English, and then asked us if it was a real English term. The other games were riddles where we had to figure out what he was describing, working on reading comprehension. We also had to figure out who lived in which house from a worksheet, judging by how he described their home.
                         -Emma Ward