Aspects of Japan 3: MySchool

I can't actually show pictures of my school or my students, of course... not on an open blog, anyway. Don't worry, you will see more pictures than you ever wanted to see when I get home and subject each and every one of you to my 324 hour-long slide show detailing my Walkabout and giving you my in-depth account of each photo's merits and drawbacks...

Anyway... with that said, here's some photos that I took about school today with my new Canon D30... I was using my 75mm-300mm zoom lens with a shutter locked at 1/250 and the aperature open all the way (My gym is a little dark... but I didn't want blurring and I had a 300mm lens on... so that's the best I could do...)

My children, of course, all wear uniforms, and even the shoes have meaning. The colors of the stripes match the colors of their nametags and even their helmet's reflector stripes... The blue stripes on this young ladies feet indicate she is one of my second years.

Nothing is as amazing to me as seeing my schools' bike racks. Every one of my students comes to school by bicycle, and even their bicycle must be in uniform... the raingear, stowed on the back deck of the bike, is issued by the school, and thus is also uniform. What always gets me, though, is that even with the uniform of the bikes... there is always just a little variation...

I wish I could share just a few of my more impressive photos taken of my students, but alas, I can't... So, instead, I'll show you one last photo I took last weekend at a Drum Circle in Maia'sTown...

This little thing joined the circle, this time. And showed wisdom far beyond her 5 years of age. Sharp and quick, she played the drum, xylophone, bongo, you name it, with the skill of a 10 year old.

But she was also disgustingly cute... so even though she isn't from my school, I'm sharing this picture with you anyway:

---Me.