Day 4, Kobe Shore Leave

A beautiful day awaits. It was the day we would be walking around the streets of Kobe, and a bit of shopping :-) Turn out was at 0630 for some morning exercise. We had breakfast after, then we proceeded for leaving of anchorage~

Rise and shine!

Morning stretch

Now it's time to raise the anchor~

Fwd Station

Bridge

We have finally arrived in Kobe, on 7 October @ 1030. It's now time for cleaning before we can proceed for our shore leave~ We first visited the Kobe Maritime Musuem which was really fun! Then came lunch. After that we went to the Kobe Port, and the view was simply amazing! It was really a day of fun.  

Sailing ships

Kobe Maritime Musuem

Picture before lunch~

Waiting for our turn!

After lunch, we went to the Kobe Port, where the scenery was just breathtaking~

Kobe Port

Beautiful scenery :)

After visiting Kobe Port, we all went into different groups to roam freely around the streets of Kobe. Elly and I, together with some of the Japanese students had so much fun and laughter throughout the day. Thank you for bringing us around with patience. After the tiring day walking around, it was time to return to Oshima Maru by @ 2100.  Lights out came after. To more adventures the next day~

The nights in Kobe, it was a very cooling night~

Sayonara :)

Day 3, Sailing off~

It's the day we'd be sailing off to Kobe! We woke up for a speedy breakfast in the dormitory, then rushed back to Oshima Maru to gather and leave Oshima. It would be a busy day ahead of us, where we would end off our day arriving at Anchorage. We could not wait to learn from the crew how watch keeping, traffic route observation and anchorage would be like! This was truly an experience.

Gathering before leaving Oshima

Engineering students @ Watch keeping

Deck students @ Watch keeping

After the two sessions of watch keeping, it's time to learn the traffic route observation from the Chief Mate!

Traffic Route Observation~

After another 2 hours of watch keeping, it was time for our short rest time. Who knew that two hours on bridge would be that tiring!

Off watch keeping group~

Off watch keeping group~

Night came early in Japan~

Now it's time for dinner! 

Dinner~

After dinner, we had our shower and off we go for our night watch keeping and arriving at anchorage. It was really an experience on bridge at night and we learnt so much from the crew from Oshima Maru.

Beautiful view of the bridge at night!

Finally we are done with the anchorage, and tomorrow a day of shore leave awaits us at Kobe.

Til the next day :-)

Day 2

The second day has come and all of us had woken up early for breakfast and were pretty excited for the school tour as we had the chance to be in their classroom  and  do a presentation about Singapore Maritime Academy.

Time for breakfast!

After the delicious breakfast, we took some photos around the school's cafeteria while waiting for the Oshima students.

Excited for the day ahead!

School tour~

Student helpers

Let's keep Taka and David in 

Cold container

Their workshop

Public bathroom

The attendance taking room

Very neat classroom!

Thank you for taking us around the campus :)

After the tour, we proceeded into the classroom for the exchange between the students and our long prepared presentation to them.

While waiting for the class to settle down~

Presentation about SP, SMA started by Mr Naung

Translation done by Taka~

Next up would be Phylicia, presenting another set of slides to another class.

Taka helping out with the translations :)

Mixing around and making new friends :-)

Thank you for the wonderful time in class, and to our new friendship made!

After the very fun interaction, it was time for lunch. Next up would be the preparation for the training ship like Safety Drills, Emergency familiarisation and Passage planning back in Oshima Maru.

Japanese Curry Rice for lunch~

Chief Officer, explaining to us~

Safety first!

After the drills, we changed into our uniforms for the tea ceremony and welcome dinner. We have learnt more about the Japanese culture through the tea ceremony, where Elly and David had the opportunity to try out making the tea. It was hard getting enough foam out to make the tea! Time for some tea ceremony.

Demonstrating the making of the tea!

Us enjoying the tea :)

David and Elly learning how to make the tea~

The final product :) 

It was really refreshing. Thank you for having us :) Now it's time for the welcome dinner, where the Japanese students and teachers, together with us SMA students and Mr Naung have dinner together at their college!

Interacting time~

Yummy dinner spread~

Thank you for your warm welcome :)

CK receiving the Oshima College Cap and book from Toru~

Mr Naung with Oshima College teachers~

It was a good day well spent from the school tour to the welcome dinner at the end. Finally its time for free time and lights out. To a brand new day ahead~

Til next time :)