A picture is worth 1,000 words ...
The Japanese version of MHS???
Day 12 - 6/22
This all looks very familiar.  The teacher on the right is doing some serious "chalk and talk" in a calculus class (Mathematics III).
Bowing before class to show respect for the teacher. 
It will never catch on here, but the "graffiti" on the right shows that we do have some things in common after all!
The other men in our group, (L to R) Christopher, Jon, Bob and Randy, get immersed into the classes, and I discover more graffiti!
We ate lunch with the students in their classrooms.  The "lunch bunch" poses.  One way to communicate where you came from ...
The list of mandatory after school clubs. The choice lasts for the year.
A student from the caligraphy club show her work.  It says "Ito City." 
Tea ceremony is another club.