It can be very easy to stick with what you know, rather than trying to meet people who are different from you. However, actively trying to understand…… Read more “Ways to understand cultural differences”
Tag: MovementJapan
Geishas
Geisha is written 芸者 in Japanese Kanji. The word 芸 “Gei” means arts, and 者 “sha” means person in Japanese. It is also known as 芸子 “Geiko”,…… Read more “Geishas”
What is culture?
The goal of our project is the better cultural understanding. This is a topic that has always been important, but at the moment and in future it…… Read more “What is culture?”
SciCruise
When we were visiting the University of Turku, we got an invitation to the SciCruise. It’s cruise between Turku and Stockholm. SciCruise offers interesting coverage of science, technology…… Read more “SciCruise”
Day 5 (School visit)
On this day we woke up at 7 am because we had a really interesting day ahead. We were going to have our school meeting at intercultural…… Read more “Day 5 (School visit)”
Day 4 (Embassy of Finland)
The fourth day started with good breakfast. After that we had to pack our luggage and check out for our Disneyland hotel. We had a meeting with…… Read more “Day 4 (Embassy of Finland)”
The Finnish national board of education
We visited the Finnish National Board of Education on Monday 9.4. It was a great honor for us. All started from one tweet. Our school tweeted…… Read more “The Finnish national board of education”
Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji is located on Honshu Island, is the highest mountain in Japan at 3,776.24 m. It is an active stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707–1708. Mount Fuji…… Read more “Mount Fuji”
Meeting with Nopeet
On 23.3.2018 we met the largest Turku-based sunglass company in the world: Nopeet. They are not a conventional company. Nopeet originated because there were not good enough…… Read more “Meeting with Nopeet”
