The Secret Revealed???

On Sunday morning at the Academy, we had free time and the option to attend religious services. We reconvened for lunch, and had one language class in the afternoon. The Beginner class finished our study of hiragana and took a quiz. We also played hiragana Jeopardy, which was fun and well-fought. 

We also had a class on woodblock prints taught by Emily-sensei, who introduced us to processes and techniques. We are going to be making our own woodblock prints, so we started sketching our designs. 

The secret evening activity turned out to be a special guest appearance by Miki-sensei and Tadao-sensei, who introduced a traditional instrument called a koto. The koto is a very old instrument that originated in China and is used in traditional Japanese music. Miki-sensei played songs such as Sakura Sakura and Amazing Grace. The music played on the koto was so beautiful and different from other classical instruments that we have heard before. After the demonstration, we each got a chance to play the koto, and there are possibly some prodigies hidden among us!