A couple of weeks ago several home school families ventured out to tour a well known Japanese glass factory. It was really fascinating and such a fun day for us! We had a translator during the entire tour. At the end of the tour the hostesses graciously took our group to a lounge area where they served all of snacks and gave each of us gift....so nice! Here's our outing in pics...
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| On the bus getting there we see horse and buggy... | |
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| and motorbiker who decides to stop on the middle of the bridge to do a u-turn (very typical). | |
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| Peek-a-boo, Gavee and Audrey An! |
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| Lots of workers who were very gracious and fascinated by our inquisitive looks. |
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| HOT, HOT, HOT! |
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| Men and women work in the factory. |
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| Shaping the hot glass. |
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| work stations |
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| Chopstick holders about to be exported back to Japan. |
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Abigail getting to blow the glass...very cool, once in a lifetime opportunity!
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| These ladies had some spunk! They were very shy and hid their face at first when I pulled out my camera. I smiled and asked them (pointed to my camera) if I could take their picture and they just giggled up a storm! |
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| getting ready for shipping |
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| beautiful pieces in their showroom |
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| Countries represented: USA, China, Canada, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Tasmania, Algeria...way cool! |
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| Headed back home now. This is a man selling charcoal starters (I guess that's what you call them!). They're short cylinders with about 10-12 holes in them. You'll see them with a heavy load in the mornings and hopefully they have an empty load at the end of the day. |
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| Bread anyone? |
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Abigail's turn!
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