Day 1

Day 1 (7 October, Sunday):

0810: Arriving at Fukuoka Airport ( Via Bangkok)
0938: Leaving Hakata St.

1020: Pick up at Tokuyama st

1200 - 1230: Lunch

1300: Arriving at College

1300 - 1400: Orientation (Oshima maru facility, bunk making)

1400 - 1500: Rest

1500 - 1700: Sports (Badminton)

1700 - 1800: Free Time

1800 - 2200: Free time, shower

2200: Lights out

Changi Airport:

Team Oshima (SMA)

Wei Chuen

Suhaimi

Sasi

In the plane to Thailand:

Wei Chuen, Mr Tay & Ren Xiang (sleeping)

Rano

Suhaimi, Sasi, Wen Qi, Yvonne

Arrival at Fukuoka:

WELCOME TO FUKUOKA!

After arriving at the airport, we took the airport shuttle bus to the train terminal.

The map of the shuttle bus

airport shuttle bus

Wei Chuen, Wen Qi, Suhaimi, Nery (our photographer)

Seats which warm our butts.

Subway Train:

We have to take the subway train to the JR Station so that we can take the bullet train(JR train) to Oshima.

Subway Train

Map of the bullet train

Picture in the bullet train

JR Line (Bullet train):

Bullet train is known as the fastest train in the world. We are very fortunate as we have this chance to take the bullet train to our destination, Tokuyama. The bullet train is under this company called JR Line.
JR trains are very different from Singapore MRT trains. They have schedule for different trains. Also, they have up to 16 cabins depends on the train.

Timings for the trains

Tickets for JR Line

Front of the JR train

Timings

While waiting for the train

In the JR Train

Urinal in the toilet

Arrangement in the train

All ready for the train ride!

Reached Tokuyama!

Hi there ;)

Lunch Time:

The Japanese students came to pick us up at the station together with Mr Masahiro. :) We went to this Japanese restaurant to have our lunch.

It is good to see haruka again after 6months. :)

Group photo before eating!

Wen Qi and Yvonne

At Oshima - maru and ONCMT:

The moment we arrive Oshima, we put our belongings in Oshima - maru (Training ship). Oshima maru is also the place where we slept for the 6 nights in Japan. After putting down our belongings, we walked over to the college! Oshima maru is very near to the college, we just have to cross a road to reach the college but most of the time, we will take the tunnel to reach the college. Safety first! First time meeting the Japanese students, we had some ice breakers games to break the ice! It was difficult talking to them but both parties did not give up communicating with one another. For the SMA students, we tried to talk to them using simple english whereas the Oshima students tried to understand. After knowing each other, we played badminton and also had a campus tour around the college. This sums up day 1 in Oshima! :)