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J <3 ** Reflection from city excursion 

//Task 1// During this task we were able to explore the different places that we can find Japan in Melbourne Central and Little Bourke St. also known as china town. We discovered Japanese places such as the crepes shop and sushi sushi and going through the Asian grocery we found Japanese snacks and drinks.
 * Question 1:** What did you learn from completing the three tasks?

//Task 2// The treasure hunt that we had completed as task two showed us Japan in Melbourne's CBD. Places that I had walked past before but never knew what that building was for. This task was really exciting and enabled us to use our Japanese knowledge to go to our next destination.

//Task 3// During task 3 we were able to interview people from businesses that were able to speak Japanese. This was a really interesting experience for one of the people that we had interviewed wasn’t from a Japanese background but he was able to speak Japanese really fluently.


 * Question 2:** What challenges did you experience whilst completing each task?

//Task 1// In Melbourne Central and little Bourke Street a challenge that we faced was that some places didn’t want us to take pictures of their shops. Sometimes i also got confused between what was Japanese or Chinese.

//Task 2// A challenge during the treasure hunt was that we couldn’t ask some anyone for directions cause all the directions were in Japanese; and even though we were able to translate it we didn’t know where some places were and ended up getting lost. But the experience was worth it and seeing all these places that use Japanese helps think of how you could use Japanese once we leave high school.

//Task 3// A challenge during the interview with a Japanese person would have been that they could speak Japanese fluently and used words, phrases and structures that we hadn’t learnt yet, but being able to understand bits and pieces helped understand parts.


 * Question 3:** How has this experience changed your understanding of how Japanese can be used outside of school?

This experience has helped me see all the professions that you can be a part of with the use of Japanese as a second language in Melbourne’s CBD and all the places that Japan can be found in our communities.