http://www.kogawahouse.com/taxonomy/term/45/0 en http://www.kogawahouse.com/blog/ann-marie-metten/ryukoku-sogo-gakuen <p>&nbsp;</p><div class="image"> <a href="image/ryukoku-students-visit-kogawa-house-in-july-2007"><img src="system/files?file=Ryukoku@KogawaHouse07%20-%20quarter%20size.jpg" alt="Ryukoku students visit Kogawa House in July 2007" width="454" height="342" /></a> <div class="caption">&nbsp;</div></div> <p>Ryukoku students visit Kogawa House in July 2007</p> <div class="image"><div class="image"> </div> </div> <p><font face="Times New Roman"><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt">Ryukoku</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt"> Summer Students</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt"> Visit Kogawa House</span></strong></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font> </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">A group of 19 enthusiastic Japanese high school students and their teachers visited historic Joy Kogawa House early on the morning of Thursday, July 26, 2007. Members of the group attend school in various parts of Japan and came together in Vancouver to participate in Ryukoku Sogo Gakuen, a three-week educational program out of Steveston Buddhist Temple that promotes religious, cultural, and international understanding. The Ryukoku Summer English program has been in operation every summer for the past five years.</font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">This year, an important aspect of the curriculum was to create some understanding and appreciation of the Japanese experience in British Columbia. As part of their preparation for their visit to Canada, students were required to read Joy Kogawa&rsquo;s story of the internment, <em>Naomi&rsquo;s Road</em>, as well as do some research about the author. The culmination of their learning was the exciting tour of the author&rsquo;s childhood home during their visit to Vancouver. </font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Tamsin Baker, regional manager of The Land Conservancy of BC&rsquo;s Lower Mainland office, was present at the house to welcome the group. Tamsin showed the students photos of the house during various times in the past and explained the history of the house and plans for its future. The highlight of the morning came when Joy herself arrived at the house, accompanied by David Kogawa and their son, Gordon. Her arrival was a completely unexpected surprise. The students and teachers were absolutely thrilled to meet Joy in person and gave her a very enthusiastic welcome. Everyone wanted to have a picture taken with Joy.</font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The Ryukoku School wishes to thank Joy Kogawa, David Kogawa, and Tamsin Baker for taking the time to make their visit to the house very meaningful and for helping to create wonderful memories for the students to take back to Japan. </font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">&nbsp;</font> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><strong><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">&mdash;Posted on behalf of Joan Young</font></font></strong></p> historic Joy Kogawa House Japanese students joy kogawa Ryukoku Sogo Gakuen Tamsin Baker TLC Wed, 08 Aug 2007 16:02:02 -0700