The Chinese Students Association
Shi Zhe (Faculty of Science & Engineering, 3rd Year)
Every year, during the Golden Week in May, the Doshisha Chinese Students Association, bring people in for a camp at well-known places in Japan. This year, we went to Amanohashidate in the north of Kyoto. On the first day, we all met at the Kyoto Station and rented two cars to drive up to the Amanohashidate. After three hours, we arrived at the hotel we would be staying at. To save up our money, we stayed at a residence hotel with beautiful Japanese style rooms that impressed us a lot. On the second day, we went to the Tango Eco Future Park in Kyoto. Everything looked so small on top of the mountain. At night, we stayed at a different hotel and did a barbecue outside. We ate with a little light that was there, sang songs, and played video games. We played all day long until midnight when we finally went to sleep. On the third day, we reached our final destination at Amanohashidate. This place is known for one of Japan’s scenic views and the meaning of the name is a white bridge in heaven, from its geological feature. There is a sand bar that is about 3.6 kilometers long and in it, there is a “Amanohashidate View Land” of Monju Mountain. From the View Land, you can see an amazing view of Hiryukan, the floating dragon. The Amanohashidate is also beautiful from the Kasamatsu Park. People were taking out their own cameras to take pictures of those great views.
Overcoming the difficulties of the lifestyle and the education, the Chinese exchange students who are studying in Japan, are enjoying their time in Japan. With those times, camping was something necessary for the exchange students to get to know others and to become friends. The camp is usually planned on May 1st. However, for the new students, in purpose of getting used to the college life, we do it earlier for them.
The trip to Amanohashidate was really fun, we made lots of friends, and we enjoyed the time together.
At Amanohashidate
