Breakfast at 8 so a lie in after a surprisingly comfortable nights sleep. Breakfast was a traditional old style Japanese breakfast, so fish and soup! Although we ate it all I can see why most Japanese now enjoy Western style breakfasts. We were picked up by coach and a couple of hours later we arrived …
Up again at 5:30 I so did not want to get up. No breakfast we’d been given a bag the night before. We caught the train then the ferry across to Miyajima Island. In Japanese this means the Shrine Island, the whole island itself is considered sacred and is packed with Shito Shrines, the famous …
We should have slept out in the open more often, other than it was 5:30 it had been a good nights sleep. The sun was rising and we showered and made our way to the dining hall one last time. We then hung around until everyone was present and boarded the coach. There are …
A late morning and we only just Made breakfast at 9. Then a very lazy few hours just lying in the shade catching up on sleep. We packed our tent, we will sleep out tonight. The evening was the IST Closing Ceremony in the dome over 8,000 staff and IST made the Jamboree possible. Time …
Last day of work, there was a queue forming at the gate at 8:45 and when we opened 100 Scouts ran over to the Sandblasting activity. Each Scout gets a metal cup they tape cut out letters to it then sandblast in a machine marking the cup with the letters, a name or messgage. …
Today is the last full day of the Science Module, we are open tomorrow morning as a drop session to pick up those who missed it. We’ve had 45 activities. Ranging from mining including panning for gold, you get to keep what you find, Robotics, Solar Power, Clean Water and do many more. Participants had …
Up early as usual and off for breakfast. Then off to work, after getting all the mornings Scouts on to their activities I took some time to visit all the activities and took some video. I spent a couple of hours shooting and editing, more to come tomorrow. After work, reflecting on the fact the …
Up for breakfast then off to work. On my way I came across the flag raising ceremony, everyday representatives of each Country come to raise their flag, a real honour for those chosen. I’m now working in the Science HQ. We brief teams as they arrive then direct them to the modules. Most do …
Rest day today, I’ve been suffering from swollen ankles so was told to take it easy and Chris had the day off. We got up late and had breakfast before setting off to do some washing and shower. Lunch then off to explore the Culture Module, lots of countries showing off their culture. The Dutch …
Up early so we could get breakfast then catch a shuttle bus to get us to Yamaguchi, the largest city in the prefecture (region). We got breakfast then found out the bus wasn’t running. Today is Culture Day so no program and therefore no work. We walked into Ajisu the local town where we caught …