Okay, I get it–Harvard is purdy. But seriously? A Ziploc bag to collect our leaves with? Where is that going to go? Is customs going to be happy about that? It’s not the crew invasion we need to be worried about this weekend, it’s the clearly irrefutable evidence of LEAF THIEF on campus. Oh, and she is maniacal. Close up after the jump.

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Blending In: Ur doin it wrong.

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This post is an addendum to yesterday’s post on the Japanese invasion of Harvard Yard.

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.

"Can you speak a little louder?"

Tourists are a part of the Harvard experience. Freshmen hoping to sleep in on a weekday morning have their plans foiled by tour groups led by guys carrying umbrellas, wearing bright hats, or “Havhahd” shirts. We become accustomed to giving directions to Memorial Church, the Science Center, and Annenberg. And so, in true Noice fashion, we have embarked on a weekly photoblog, Tourist of the Week, to document the tourists’ crazy shenanigans (posing with a fire hydrant or with the latest fliers near Lamont).

This week, we bring you one of the biggest and oldest groups of tourists we’ve seen in a long time. Maybe the tour guide is asking if any of them remember when John Harvard donated books to the college?

So, if you see a tourist do something hilarious, crazy, or just plain stupid, tell us about it. Take a picture and send it in at thehvoicemail@gmail.com. We might just include it in our next installment of Tourist of the Week.