Hello everyone, Natsumi here
In today's Go! Go! Nihon video
we came to Waseda University's school entrance ceremony
We are going inside right now to see what it's like
Let's go!
"Nyuugakushiki" means school entrance ceremony in Japanese
It's a very important event for students when entering university
Highschool students get ready for their new academic life
while senior students welcome them and try to recruit as many freshers as possible into their clubs
Although it's a very important social event for both new and existing students,
to the outsider, it looks like a huge party...
So let's go and check it out!
We can hear people calling us as soon as we enter the campus
The people wearing suits are freshers
And the ones holding signboards are senior students
inviting freshers into their clubs
It's crowded, follow me
They're calling freshers to the booths so they can give them explanations
So this is a school entrance ceremony
but what is actually really interesting about it is not just the ceremony itself,
but as you can see, a lot of booths were prepared to introduce all the university's clubs
and the freshers are invited by the senior students to join them
They distribute leaflets like these
and carry signboards around to get more attention
Everyone is wearing the costume of their clubs
and ask freshers things like "are you in?"
What about this club? Cats!
We are getting to the center of the university campus
and we can hear some music from here
There's the athetism club there
That noise is incredible. Every sounds are mixed together
Is that the Yosakoi club? (Japanese traditional dance)
They are dancing
First, congratulations for your university admission
Thank you
Starting this spring, you'll become a student. So I would like to ask you
What kind of event is the school entrance ceremony?
School entrance ceremony is when the important people of the faculty come out
and give a speech before we all sing the school song. And that's it
Basically, that's what it is
Do you already know the song?
I don't
So nobody really knows it but...
Nobody really knows it but... They give us the lyrics though, so we sing while reading
Did you make new friends?
Yes I did
Oh really? During the ceremony?
Before the ceremony we have a day when we all gather for a meeting
at university. It's like a guidance day
Guidance?
Yes, that day I made new friends
Oh so you already knew each other from that day?
That's right
Is there anything that you want to do in your new student life?
Well, I want to do my best for my studies and for my club
make new friends, and spend 4 intense years I guess
Everyone is super excited during this school party
what did you think about it?
I heard rumors that it was something big before
but when I saw it myself I was like "wow"
You thought "it's even bigger"
Yeah, it's crazy how everyone keeps coming at you
There are a lot of people
Yeah, it's crazy
You were highschool students and now you're becoming univesity students,
is there a change that you can tell us about?
Well, the main campus is scary
Is it?
There is too much energy
Is it different from your campus?
It's completely different
First, there are many, many people
We also received a crazy amount of flyers
It was more intense than what you thought it would be, and it's scary
I wouldn't say scary
Surprising
Yeah, all that energy
Now that you are becoming students, how do you want to spend this new life?
Well, I want to chase my dreams
and have a student life where I can study really hard
I want to try a lot of new things and challenge myself
Today's ceremony started in the morning,
so what have you been doing in the afternoon?
I received a lot of flyers from different clubs
You're saying "a lot of flyers", what is "a lot"? Do you have them in your bag?
I really got a lot
Whether you care about it or not, people keep distributing them?
Yeah they keep going like "here, here, here"
They're doing it to bring people in
What kind of club do you want to join?
Well...
When I was in highschool, I was doing some mountain climbing
I don't want to do it as much as I was doing back then, but I would like to keep doing it
More casually
So a club like this, maybe
I see
Do your best, I am supporting you for those four years
Good luck
Thank you very much