🌼International Exchange at Leimond Ikaruga Nursery School🌏

On July 28, our students visited the 5-year-old class at Leimond Ikaruga Nursery School for a cultural exchange 😊

First, everyone practiced how to say “hello” in Nepali and Bengali, greeting each other with cheerful smiles:
“Namaste!” and “Assalamu Alaikum!” 🙌🌏

The children also enjoyed a quiz featuring unique vegetables, fruits, and traditional dishes from Nepal and Bangladesh that are not commonly seen in Japan. They enthusiastically called out, “I think it’s ○!” and “No, I think it’s ×!”, bringing smiles to our students’ faces as well 😊🍆🥭🍛

After that, everyone split into small groups and spent time together drawing pictures, folding origami, playing with Kapla blocks, and reading picture books 📖🎨🧩

The children especially loved trying the traditional Nepali game “Tungi.” ✨
In this game, a small ball made of rubber bands is repeatedly kicked into the air using the feet, and players compete to see who can keep it up the longest ⚽
“It looks just like soccer!” the children exclaimed with excitement 😄

To finish the day, everyone held hands and danced together to Nepali music 🎵💃🕺
The children and our students shared many wonderful smiles throughout the activity 😊✨

Although it was time to say goodbye, our students returned to school with warm memories after hearing the children say, “Please come again!” 🌸

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone at Leimond Ikaruga Nursery School for giving us this wonderful opportunity! 💐

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To Everyone Affected by the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake
We would like to express our heartfelt sympathies to all those affected by the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake.
We sincerely pray for the safety of everyone in the affected areas and for a swift recovery and reconstruction of the communities.