2013 Nihonmatsu Junior High School Student Visit

  • In front of Asakawa Kan'ichi's headstone at the Grove Street Cemetery
  • At Sterling Memorial Library
  • At the East Asia Library with Haruko Nakamura, Librarian for Japanese Studies
  • Looking at rare manuscripts written by Professor Asakawa at the Yale University East Asia Library in Sterling Memorial Library
  • The stained glass windows in the former office of Asakawa Kan'ichi at the Sterling Memorial Library
  • In front of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library with Naomi Saito, Beinecke Library Public Services Assistant
  • Inside Beinecke Library
  • At the Women's Table fountain in front of Sterling Memorial Library
  • At the Asakawa Garden in Saybrook College
  • Lunch in Jonathan Edwards College Dining Hall
  • The Nihonmatsu Junior High School Student Delegation in front of Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Professor Daniel Botsman, CEAS Chair, at center.
July 30, 2013

On July 30, 2013, the Council on East Asian Studies had the pleasure of hosting 10 junior high school students from Nihonmatsu, Japan. Coordinated by the City of Nihonmatsu’s Board of Education, 2 students from 5 junior high schools in Nihonmatsu are invited each year to take part in a pilgrimage to the United States to honor the memory of Professor Asakawa Kan’ichi.

The young students began their visit by paying their respects to Professor Asakawa, laying flowers on his grave. The students then had a full tour of the East Asia Library and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and were given the opportunity to see for themselves some of the Professor’s original writings. The group then visited the Asakawa Garden located in the Killingworth Courtyard in Saybrook College, and ended the tour with a lunch at the Jonathan Edwards College dining hall.

We are always happy to receive our friends from Nihonmatsu, and we look forward to seeing them again next year!