A group of 88 schoolchildren from the Shanghai Experiment School visited the Japan Pavilion this morning, as part of a cultural exchange program between China and Japan.
Altogether, 1,000 Chinese students will visit the Japan pavilion during the summer holiday according to the program sponsored by the pavilion and the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination.
Eha Noriyoshi, director of the pavilion, said he hoped the Chinese students would learn about Japan's achievement in science and technology, economy, and culture, and adopt the green ideas shown in the pavilion to their daily life.
Inside the pavilion, the young students came to know Chinese monk Jian Zhen (688-763) and Japanese monk Kukai (774-835). They traveled long distance to bring Buddhism and Chinese culture to Japan. They are are both viewed as envoys of friendship in both countries.
The students were also impressed by Japan's cutting-edge technologies, such as a camera that took their three-dimensional photos and a robot that played violin for them.
