Day 06: JCMU visit

This is the longest day in our trip so far. We got up extremely early in the morning and took the bullet train to MAIBARA, the Japan center for Michigan universities was located in. Were here for JCMU 20th Anniversary. MAIBARA is such a beautiful place and there were not skyscrapers like Tokyo. Although I was tired from the train, I was so excited for taking the bullet train because it is one of the fastest trains in the world. The Bullet train looks sharp and its seats are comfortable, reflecting the Japanese’s advanced technoledge and design on trains.

After 2 hours, we arrive in MAIBARA and had breakfast at the coffee house. Then went to JCMU for the anniversary. First, we are taught Japanese Custom in the lobby. I was so happy that I can learn IKEBANA, one of Japanese customs, in JCMU. IKEBANA seems like an easy task, but was so hard to arrange the flowers well. With the assistance from the teachers, I spend about 30 minutes to finish my work. This is a great opportunity for me to better understand Japanese culture. Then we attended the lecture from Dr.Ross about supply Chain management. I learned some important theories that were applied in our plant tours. This made the concept of supply chain more clear. Although the lecture is 4 hours long, I still paid attention to the speech from Dr.Ross because he was so passionate and motivated when he spoke to us. This kelp me through his speech and I made me do not want to lose any important points of it. After the lecture, we were invited to attend JCMU 20th anniversary. There are many representatives who came from different Michigan universities. Some of them give us speeches about the development of JCMU and how they benefit from JCMU.

We returned to our hotel by taking the bullet train at 10:30 pm. Although I am sleepy after returning to the hotel, I am glad to attend JCMU 20th anniversary todday. In addition, Dr.Ross's lecture enable me to be more clear on the operation of supply chain and made me more interested in this major and gave me motivation to expolre more about it in the rest of trip.