Tourist(s) of the Week: A Nice Japanese Surprise
Posted by Sara Plana on September 28, 2009 at 5:21 pm
Kawaii!
If you happened to be near the Yard any time between 3:30 and 4:30pm, chances are you witnessed the spectacle that was the hoard of Japanese students that descended upon our campus and dominated the Kodak moment space in front of our beloved John Harvard.
They migrated through the Yard, flooding the Science Center and creating a bottleneck in the bathroom. But no worries — their smiling faces, dark gray jackets with intricate yellow crests, and knee-high stockings made everything better.
These Sailor Moon-esque schoolchildren made Noice’s day. Visit again, young ‘uns!
Stay tuned for our next installment of Tourist of the Week: In Which The Tourists Become The Toured.
ETA: Another priceless shot.
Asian tourists? In Harvard Yard? You don’t see that every day.
why were they there? weird…
i dont know what the big deal is…asian tourists are seen everyday. plus, these students look very little like sailor moon
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