The fifth day in Taiwan
t was raining today. Acutually, in Yilan, rainy days are not so uncommon.
Today first, students visited Lan Yang Museum. It looked like a fallen pyramids.
The look of the museum
Hand Ticket (No paper ticket)
The building had four floors. First, students took a escalator to the fourth floor.
The fourth floor (Forestry in Yilan)
The third floor (History in Yilan)
The second floor (Fishery)
Next, students visited the Memorial Hall of Foundation of Yilan. Saigo Kikujiro, a son of Saigo Takamori used to live in the building when he was the governor of the region. Mr. Lee, the volunteer guide explained about the hall in Japanese.
Mr. Lee's explanation and students
The hall used to be a house, so it finished quickly. Students visited the bank Saigo embanked. 
The bank
They took lunch at the popular restaurant in Yilan, Du Xiao Yue Restaurant. The foods were tasteful and looked good.
Lunch
In the afternoon, students experienced tea picking. They visited one of the best farms that Mr. Gi recommended. The farm was growing award-taking, high quality tea.
Tea-picking clothes
Students listened to the explanation; They have to pick up three leaves with and the core (the youngest leaf) at the same time, usually using three fingers
Time-limit: 20 minutes
Rain started just after they finished picking.
The group photo
Picked leaves were fired in the pan and then rubbed quickly. The quicklier, the better.
A big tea drier
While waiting for the leaves to be dry, students made tea candy; "Dragon's beard candy", which is a handmade traditional art of China. Students worked hard to thread the chewy material.
Teachers also challenged, but... Please don't ask the results...
Craft works
Tea tasting
Dried tea
After the farm visit, rain started. The next activity, visiting "forestry" was canceled because of the rain.
After the meeting, all the groups worked hard to make their presentation better. It must be paid off tomorrow!
再見♪