Welcome Lunch

We had a welcome lunch Wednesday at Kyoritsu Women's College in downtown Tokyo (the other university Seth teaches at).  The original welcome lunch had to be postponed a few weeks back due to the first typhoon.  We had our first traditional Japanese bento box lunch.  These are common for lunches on the go or for larger groups.  There were seven different compartments within the bento box with all different types of food.  Out of the thirty or so food items in the lunch we could identify maybe 5 haha the rest we had no idea!  There were many different types of gelatin squares, pickled vegetables, and other unrecognizable things.  But of course being at a welcome lunch with ten of Seth's colleagues we had to eat and appear grateful.  I have gotten extremely good at hiding any emotions or thought while eating since coming to Japan haha

After the lunch we were invited to meet the chancellor and the president of Kyoritsu.  In Japan universities are often connected with junior colleges and primary schools as well.  So the chancellor is a representative of the entire set of schools while the president represents just the university.  The president was an older gentleman that seemed extremely business like and straight forward.  The chancellor on the other hand was near his 80's, guessed the staff, and was an outgoing and friendly man.