One of my favorite classes; I could always count on these boys to do something to get my attention!

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Enjoying lunch in the school quad.

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Romance in the halls.

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Putting the finishing touches on a model rocket during the annual school festival.

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Most Japanese students are involved with after-school clubs.

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One of the most interesting events of the school year is the culture festival, several days worth of fun activities where the links to "culture" are often tenuous at best. Here a group of kids reenacts a Bruce Lee movie.

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Another excuse to get out of class, an entire day devoted to walking miles across town to the seaside,
all in the name of fitness.

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A light moment during the graduation ceremony in March.
After 3 years at Nishi Kogyo the students, like myself, were off to the next phase of their lives.