It was all things Japanese during a recent cultural experience at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Trafalgar.
Students and staff immersed themselves in Japanese culture in the morning by raising the Japanese flag Nisshōki and listening respectfully to the Japanese anthem. The community then engaged in a popular morning exercise ritual in Japanese schools and workplaces, the 'rajio taiso', which everyone enjoyed.
There was a smorgasbord of activities during the day, including cooking and eating okonomiyaki (a Japanese omelette), print making, manga, origami, a kahoot and Japanese stories. Some students also tried the fermented soybeans called nato.
In the afternoon the community joined together as a whole school to do a festival dance 'Tokyo Ondo'.
Student Odin Treyvaud said it was a fun day. "I liked doing the manga and I liked making the okonomiyaki."
Senior student Evie Lowe said "I tried the nato and it was slimy and a bit gross. It tasted a bit like the smell of coffee. I don't know how to describe it."
The Japanese Day was part of the Japanese program at St Joseph's which is lead by languages expert and teacher in DOSCEL (Diocese of Sale Catholic Education Ltd) Susan Taylor.