Day 1: September 29,
2014
Arrival
Upon arriving at Narita Airport and
after fixing problems regarding immigration, we were fetched by Mr. Kei
Nakayama, our Japanese coordinator. While some of my co-delegates were
exchanging pesos to yen, I observed the airport.
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| Chiba mascot welcoming us to Chiba, Japan. |
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| My first time to see trash cans with good segregation. |
We went to APA Hotel in Chiba by
bus. Upon arriving at the hotel, room assignments were distributed and the
dinner place and time was announced.
During the dinner, Mrs. Hitomi
Yamada was introduced to us as our interpreter. Then, after the dinner, we discussed
about our cultural presentation.
After a number of suggestions by my active
co-delegates, it was decided that we group ourselves into the three main
islands, Luzon (my group), Visayas and Mindanao. We were given limited time to
discuss, so the Luzon group had a finalized the idea to perform a Panagbenga
dance.
