TriumphAnt

(Probably not the last footnote about Hikana and her friends.) File this under Too Good Not To Share.

One of the last student events before the farewell ceremony is a fundraising carwash. The photos and story of the Canada 2 group's experience are already on the school's website, but the captions are entirely in Japanese.

So with the advice and guidance of my 13-year old daughter, I captured the introduction to the photos and ran it through an Internet translator called Babelfish, which gave me this in English:

<> カナタコース became after a little. Already coming to Canada, it is 14th day! It was accustomed to also the life of the homestay which is insecure completely. It reaching the point where also communication comes off, now it is pleasant enormously, is. With activity of the school, everyday the variety be able to experience the fact that it is different, it is quick truly for the ♪ time which passes every day when it is complete very to pass is. And Canada in any case is デカイ. Also the road being wide rather, you were surprised. Also the sky chaos it is wide and, green rub it is the っ ちゃ clean. The Canadian person is kind enormously and, Canada is highest. Today, car washing was done with everyone. Present morning however it was rather cold, became hot in the noon. It was the blue sky which the present sky is not cloud one! As for purpose of car washing, the pupil of カナタJapan (the foreign country) is to gather the subsidy in order to study abroad. It divides into two groups, the car washes with the nearby gasoline station, gathers contribution in place of price. It made during morning, "Car Wash" Showing the poster, it called and was packed, it washed the car which is comprehended with everyone, * everyone it was pleasant, doing Car Wash with utmost effort, it increased! ! * The っ て where アンジェラ in everyone, applies the bubble of the water and the detergent with the hose and sows, considerably it was serious! The person whom the clothes do and the び had become the ょ getting wet it was. The び to do, while becoming the ょ getting wet, enjoying, you think that it did Car Wash, * the ♪ ♪ Car Wash which because it persevered, 326 dollars can gather car washing with everyone it was pleasant! ! The host family distantly it is the separation in 1 day after. Good bye, also the party persevering with everyone, we would like to try to become pleasant, is! カナタhighest & * *

All the best, Ritsumeikan students, and congratulations on raising $326 -- a fantastic result from a carwash!

From your many new friends in the land of sky chaos, green rub, hose and sows. We are delighted the picture you take home is that the Canadian person is "kind enormously".

"Considerably it was serious." But it was a heck of a lot of fun!