Red vs. White: The Ultimate Showdown

In morning language class, the Beginner class started learning katakana, the second Japanese writing system that is used for foreign loan words. The intermediate class started learning kanji, which is the most difficult aspect of Japanese, but it felt like we made a lot of progress, as we were able to write multiple sentences with what we’d learned. 

Finally, in the afternoon the much-anticipated event arrived: Undoukai! We played 6 different games to determine which team would reign supreme. Ultimately the white team won the athletic games, but the red team won the spirit award, and all our voices are hoarse from cheering. We polled students on what their favorite event was, and soccer came in 1st place, followed by the baton relay race, sumo ball, and kendama relay.