At the beginning of this week the Mrs and I returned to Nagasaki to attend our daughter's graduation from Nagasaki University where she studied for four years and, it seems, made good use of her time and had a happy and productive four years. Here are some pics.
Most of the girls wore kimonos, but only one of the boys did so. He won the departmental prize for the best student of his year, and I'm happy to say that my daughter was in his seminar group. He comes from the Tohoku region of Japan and lost his grandparents in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. His parents were unable to attend the graduation ceremony as his father is a fisherman and was out to sea on his fishing boat so we made sure we captured his big moment on video so our daughter can send it to him for his parents to see.
Meanwhile, the highlight of our daughter's day seems to have been having her pic with her pal chosen as the thumbnail for the Nagasaki International TV station's report, and appearing in their news report about the graduation ceremony! Here's a short clip of the main report that included my daughter and her pal celebrating their graduation:
https://news.ntv.co.jp/n/nib/category/society/ni933bd175c80245dfa609cee30a4b5caa
Tomorrow, she heads to Tokyo to be inducted into her new company and will do a month's job training there before being posted somewhere or other to start her full time job as a company employee, or as she more colourfully called it over dinner on the eve of her graduation, a "社畜" (sha-chiku: sha = company, chiku = livestock) or "wage slave" as we might say!
Cheers, and good luck!
David Hurley
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