Avi + Japanese students = Fun!

Avi rides the subway with Ujiyama and Shinya

Dating back to 1985, Meiji University has held a joint program with York University in which Japanese students come to Toronto to study the English language over the summer. I had the pleasure of providing a day-long tour of Toronto to Ujiyama Kimiaki and Shinya Kawahari, two economics students from Meiji.

We spent over eleven hours together, walking all over downtown Toronto. We had an incredible time, and it was an amazing experience seeing Toronto through fresh pairs of eyes.

Enjoy these photographs of Ujiyama, Shin, and myself, as we travelled around downtown Toronto!


University of Toronto's University College


The boys pose outside UC


The Ontario College of Art and Design


Mounted police


Eating a hot dog on Queen Street West


Nathan Phillip's Square


Pakistani Independence Day




Avi and Ujiyama pretend to get their shoes shined at Sam's








the wall of bikes