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Japanese intern brings Japanese culture to Sieden Prairie students
Junko Tamai, a 29 year old from Kawagoe City near Tokyo, spends three months at Matteson School District 159’s Sieden Prairie teaching calligraphy abacus and tea ceremony while students greet her with bows. She learns American life and aims to compare cultures, guiding lessons on Japanese customs and language in a first hand social studies experience.
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Konnichiwa
Matteson
Sieden Prairie School
Junko Tamai
Tamai
Sieden Prairie
Tim McCarthy
America
Japan
Kawagoe City
Tokyo
United States
McCarthy
Dyer
Indiana
Jean Lachat
Jill Mullen