Final Field Program - University of Virginia

KOB05 JAPANESE HOME VISIT – GROUP A (1300-1600 Friday, 19 November) Minimum 1/Maximum
10 (PRICE: $5 + OOPEX)
The primary purpose of this home visit, sponsored by the Kobe Convention and Visitors Association, is to give you
an opportunity to experience daily life in Japan by spending a few hours with a Japanese family. You will have a
chance for in-depth personal and intellectual exchanges with your hosts. You will either be met at the ship by your
host family, or given directions to the home by public transportation (at your own expense). Please remember to
take a small gift to your host family (possibly a box of sweets or a memento from your home city or school). Please
note: Out of respect to the host families, cancellations will not be acceptable. Upon our arrival in Kobe, you
must check-in at the hospitality desk in the port terminal (2 nd floor) to reconfirm your visit. The local
coordinator will then notify your host family.
KOB06 THE INSTANT RAMEN MUSEUM (1300-1700 Friday, 19 November) Minimum 35/Maximum 44
(PRICE: $62)
Depart via motorcoach for the one-hour trip to the Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum located in Osaka.
Tour the museum, which is dedicated to instant noodles and Cup Noodles, as well as the Taiwanese-Japanese
inventor and businessman, Momofuku Ando, who created them. In August 1958, Ando invented the world’s first
instant noodle product, ―Chicken Ramen,‖ using common tools in a small shack located in his backyard; in 1971,
he invented the world’s first cup-type instant noodle product, ―Cup Noodle.‖ The museum features a replica of
Ando’s shack where ―Chicken Ramen‖ was created, a ―Cup Noodle‖ drama theater, exhibits dedicated to the
history of Instant Noodles, and a tasting room. Your tour also includes a visit to the ―Handmade Chicken Ramen
Hands-On Workshop,‖ where you will make your own ―fresh‖ instant noodles, as well as a stop at the ―My Cup
Noodle Factory,‖ where you will assemble your own cup noodles from pre-made ingredients.
KOB07 HIROSHIMA BY BULLET TRAIN (1300-2045 Friday, 19 November)
Minimum 35/Maximum 70 (PRICE: $349 + OOPEX)
Proceed to Hiroshima via bullet train (approximately 90 minutes). Upon arrival,
enjoy an afternoon of sightseeing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and
Museum. The museum is dedicated to the explosion of the atomic bomb on August
6, 1945, that made Hiroshima known around the world. Two hundred thousand
people were killed and many more injured in this explosion. Inside the museum you
will see exhibits of charred clothing, melted tires and other remains, as well as
photographs of the aftermath of the explosion. Temperatures were said to reach
7,000 degrees Celsius, melting statues of Buddha and imprinting human shadows on
granite steps. No one who ever sees this exhibit is likely to forget the experience.
Afterward, proceed via motorcoach to the train station for the 90-minute trip back to
Kobe.
Participants will have an experience that goes beyond the usual image of
the mushroom cloud because the Peace Museum is much more
comprehensive on a variety of levels, including the human story of the
effects of modern warfare. Interestingly, the museum is less concerned
with the ―Who‖ or ―Why‖ than with the issue of ―How are we going to
keep this horrific tragedy from happening again?‖ It is a museum about
peace, as told through war. (Box lunch from the ship will be provided.
Dinner, at your own expense, will be at the Ryokan banquet room.)
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