FOREIGN language students have been soaking up culture and improving their character writing skills.

Barton Peveril College students went to the Japanese Embassy in London for Club Taishikan, which runs a series of workshops on origami, calligraphy, traditional dress and dancing, and more.

They discovered more about Japan’s love of Yosakoi Soran, a style of dance, and learnt a short routine using wooden clappers called ‘naruko’ (pictured below).

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The group also had an opportunity to wear yukata (summer kimonos) and happi coats, once practical garments but now usually worn to festivals or other special occasions.