Participants / Impression / Tokyo
Xiajun▲ Profile
The most memorable part of the trip were our talks late into the night in the hotel. At first, all four of us went out on the shoots together, but we two from China felt kind of left out. So we sat down and talked about it and explained what we thought and wanted to do. After that, we decided that we would work in pairs, the Japanese students and the two Chinese students. I realized that collaborative projects work well when everyone communicates their ideas and talks them through, instead of leaving problems left unresolved.
Also, I’ll never forget how excited we all became during the intense discussion about what photos to include in our final presentation. The discussion was fierce only because everyone wanted to have a great final product. Afterwards, we soon went back to chatting with no hard feelings.
I learned how to communicate what I want to say using not only Japanese, but also with my hands and entire body.