1/26-27 ARRIVED AT KANAZAWA, JP!

Reflection:
Jan 26. Mon. Rainy.
A warm welcome from three Japanese teachers and three KU students greeted us at the airport. It was a rainy and cold day (for us...). The weather was bad but our spirits were high. After one hour of driving, we arrived at the hotel and had a very nice reception dinner with so many teachers--principle of the high school, teachers from the high school, and professors from the university. The dinner was lovely. We were seated between teachers and all the teachers tried to make small talks with us. The topics ranged from education to 巧連智. LOL so much fun.

Jan 27. Tue. Snowy.
Our first time at AHS. A Chinese third grader introduced the campus for us. We were amazed by how clean their school was--take off your shoes and put on slippers before you leave! The umbrellas were neatly stored in rows; the heavy coats were hanged at the back of the classrooms; the restrooms were so dry...And strange thing is that you don't get hot water here. 
Our first interaction with the Japanese students was Tony's Taiwan Hour. The students looked interested but most of them were too shy to speak (same thing in TW). Some of them asked their classmates next to them if they could not understand, and some nodded their heads a lot. 
Lunch with Class C, one of the three classes (first grade), was fun. Each of us had to sit with one group (about 7 ppl), and we chatted about school life, Taiwan, how much freedom they enjoy at their school, etc. 
At night, when all of us were about to pass out (discussing Taiwan Hour), it started to snow!!!! Honestly, snow looked like shaved ice and tasted like water...