where the Japanese education consultants, EDICM, maintain their offices. EDICM and a few others are the firms the Japanese turn to for help in placing their children in the proper schools of the United States. This is done for a fee. It helps us to stay in touch with these consultants. Raylene Davis also interviewed a prospective student while there.
Meiji and his consort, Empress Shoken. The original shrine was destroyed in 1945 during the bombings of WWII. The present shrine was rebuilt in 1958. While there, I witnessed a photo session of a Shinto wedding party as well as a number of little three, five, and seven year-old children in their finest kimono that have been taken by their parents to the shrine to pray for their children's future health and fortune. This is part of the festival Shichi-Go-San that takes place this time each year. 
that little. It is 13 meters taller than the Eiffel Tower of which it was modeled after. It too was built in 1958, as a communications tower. It is now considered too short in the analog gone digital world.Saturday night we met up with a large number of Japanese alumni for dinner and a great time in the Ginza section of town. We had alums spanning the classes of 1997 up to 2005. Many of them had not met each other before and many were happy to renew friendships begun at"BA." What a fun loving group. They all reminisced about their days at Brewster. "Those were the good days," laughed many of them.
By the way, if Harahjuku is the epic center of teenage fashion, Ginza's shopping can rival that of Fifth Avenue in New York City for adults. Lots of lights 
people scurrying everywhere.
I'm still holding my own in the eating department. Having already been in Asia, has conditioned me for what I may encounter. I've already had sushi and other raw fish I would not normally eat at home. Japanese cuisine is quite good actually. The food in each Asian country is different from each other. What is universal is the use of chopsticks. I'm much more open to what's served this
trip than I was last year. It is funny how we all are so acclimated to our own surroundings. These folks go into some of these little restaurants along the way like we do in Wolfeboro when we stop into Wolfgang's Pizza. In many cases, I have no idea what they are eating, but they sure do appear to be relishing whatever they are eating. No pun intended.
Yesterday, we met some of our current Japanese parents for consults and lunch. Raylene spoke to them about their child or children's progress while I spoke to and presented them with proposals for supporting Brewster with a gift. We were both well received and it appeared that the parents were happy with our visit and the exchange of conversation. Most of the parents had not known each other prior to our gathering.
We are off to the airport on our road trip to Asia.
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