Day 7 - 29 September

Sigh.. Is day 7 and is our last day here in Japan.

We woke up around 7am to get ready for our last breakfast in the college and I must say that I will really missed the hearty breakfast that they served in the canteen.
After breakfast, we went back to our rooms to pack our luggage and yes.. some of our luggage were so full that we had a hard time packing it to fit everything in!

Sensei Kubota presented us with our certificates of completion for the exchange program and we were all very grateful for his hospitality for the past week.

We left the college around 2pm and went to Iwakuni for a sitetour and we had lots of fun there. 

We visited the Iwakuni Castle and the Kintaikyo Bridge.

We took a short cable car ride up the mountain. 

     

                                  

     

Sadly.. is time to head to the airport to catch our flight back to Singapore.. 

We were all quite sad to say good bye to our buddies and we exchanged instagram and social media to keep in contact. 

One last group photo together with our buddies and the Sensei.

We safely touched down at Singapore Changi Airport at 6:40am. See you all back at school when the school term starts! Meanwhile, enjoy the remaining holiday! 

Day 6 - 28 September

Is day 6 and time is really passing very quickly.

We had some free time in the morning and we get to choose what we want to do with the time.
Some of us went for hiking trip, while some went for cooking lesson and some wanted to rest up.

The day was rather relax as we had some sports interaction playing volleyball, basketball and badminton together with our Japanese buddies! Our buddies are pretty good at sports!

After sweating so much, we went to the nearby supermarket called Marukuyu to buy some ice cream and local snacks back for our families to try.

Day 5 - 27 September

Rise and Shine! Day 5 and greetings from Shimonoseki!

After the night at Seinen no le, we packed up and had breakfast before heading back to our rooms to do some room cleaning with our buddies!

After cleaning our rooms and the area, we left the accommodation and headed to Port of Muji! 

At Port of Muji, we went shopping again and brought many souvenirs back for our family! 

It was around lunch time and we head to Port of Shimonoseki and visited their famous wet market and had fresh sushi while enjoying the view! 

Soon, it was time to leave and head back to college. It was an another 2 hour journey back to the college. On the way back to the college, many of us were so tired and slept throughout the way back. 

After reaching back at the college around evening, we had dinner at the dormitory canteen and went back to our rooms to rest after the long travel. 

Day 4 - 26 September

Hello Everyone! Is day 4 of the trip! Time flies pretty fast while we were in Japan.
We were all packed and ready to head to Shimonoseki!

We left college about 0930 after breakfast and we were all very excited about the road trip. It was a 2 hour journey from Oshima.

We stop at the Highway service area and had our lunch there. After the long 2 hours journey, we finally arrived at the MHI Shimonoseki Engineering Co. Ltd where Oshima Maru was docked.

After visiting the shipyard where Oshima Maru was docked, we head to Shimonoseki for a site tour and we went for some shopping at the near by shopping mall called SeaMall! 

Day 3 - 25 September 2019

Hello is Day 3 of our trip!

We turn out at 7am and had breakfast at the school dormitory. I must say, the breakfast here is pretty good!

Sensei Kubota shared with us about KOSEN their education system here in National Institute of Technology, Oshima is practicing. Next, he brought us around the campus for a short tour.

Around 10am, we split up into our course, navigation and engineering for some lesson together with the Japanese students.

We went on a cruise on Subaru wharf and the view was amazing! Many of us got hands on and steered the vessel! and of course, the girls and the boys had a mini photo shoot session out at sea! 

After an amazing time spend on board, we had a tea ceremony session. 

       

Day 2 - 24 September 2019

Hello everyone! Is day 2 and we are looking forward to what we are going to do today!

We met our buddies for the very first time! We were all nervous and excited! However we instantly connect with each other!

We even did some team building games to understand each other better!

Each team had to present and share how we can make the tower better

Next up, we learned basic Japanese with Sensei Kubota and with the Japanese Students! They sure guide us a lot.

During the evening, Oshima college held a welcome dinner for all us! The food was amazing and we did some gift exchange together with our buddies.