A School Excursion Japanese-style

During my many free hours at school today, I found an interesting little yellow booklet. Being bored (and nosy, but mostly bored) I picked it up and found that it was a handbook for the school excursion to Tokyo. I was surprised by the amount of detail it contained for a two-night trip.



Firstly, there was this chart (above) which shows what the students will be doing every half hour, including toilet breaks.



Next, there was a little diagram thing that you probably can't make out (above) that shows how to line up in photographs. Class one is to be on the left, with students lined up from left to right from tallest to shortest. On the right is class two with students lined up from shortest to tallest left to right (I thought this was curious because the shortest students would be in the middle, with the teachers and principal - maybe this is to make them feel tall).




Then there are the diagrams, my favourites. The above left diagram shows you how to use your card key at the hotel. Fair enough. Some kids have probably never stayed at a Hilton before.
Above middle is a diagram that shows you how to bathe, complete with instructions on, firstly, where to FIND the bathmat, then where to PUT the bathmat, as well as other useful advice such as suggesting that you close the shower curtain while using the bath.
And on the right is a manga-style picture that one of the students has drawn for the back cover, featuring a crying student (crying because their lives are so over regulated?).